I cleaned and repacked my hub bearings but this stuff feels pretty thick and sluggish. Anybody use this or similar?
by Fialasaurus
I cleaned and repacked my hub bearings but this stuff feels pretty thick and sluggish. Anybody use this or similar?
by Fialasaurus
6 Comments
I don’t know the exact spec but my educated guess is that it is thick and slow but highly resistant to washing with water alone.
I will put this in pivot and headset bearings for sure.
Also can be used as assembly grease to prevent galvanic corrosion and seizing.
Basically good for slow spinning or not spinning at all parts.
I will not put it in hub or bottom bracket bearings.
Honestly I use red assembly grease on everything.
Don’t let big grease fool you it’s all the same effectively on a bike imo
When you really get into it there’s a million types of grease. But for basic bearings and assembly it really doesn’t matter much.
Don’t use lightweight grease in loose ball bearings and definitely don’t use sticky grease inside suspension components. Otherwise, it doesn’t much matter.
A lighter/less sticky grease would be marginally less draggy but I doubt it’s even noticeable while riding. And this stuff will repel water and stay in the bearing much better. You did fine
No. Wheel bearing grease like that is thicker than anything in the bike world. It’ll technically work but not as well as something bike or bearing specific. Phil Wood waterproof grease is what I’ve always used.
I use Valvoline Ford/Lincoln/Mercury grease. My original 1 LB tub would 25 years old if I hadn’t dropped it.
I use red tractor grease to assemble every bike I own. Haven’t noticed a difference in performance or any difference at all for that matter.