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Message started by Trippah on 10/06/10 at 11:39:04

Title: Grease not Oil this time
Post by Trippah on 10/06/10 at 11:39:04

Well, went to the car parts store, the atv store, and the tractor guys store..all grease is Lithium based. :o No Molly grease anywhere.

Where or where has my Molly gone, and where can I find her. Or can we use the modern lithium casting aside dear molly? :)

And as a Patriots fan, no Moss on this team anymore. :o :o :o

Title: Re: Grease not Oil this time
Post by rokrover on 10/06/10 at 13:06:01

Well, most all grease has a lithium 12-hydroxy stearate base. Moly, really molybdenum disulfide, is a solid additive like graphite for improved anti wear characteristics in certain applications, but it is still is dispersed in a lithium-base grease. Perhaps there's your confusion. Valvoline and others make greases with molybdenum disulfide. I use it on chassis ball joints and brake caliper slider pins.

Title: Re: Grease not Oil this time
Post by Phelonius on 10/06/10 at 14:11:58

OH NO< not a grease thread!

Phelonius

Title: Re: Grease not Oil this time
Post by Trippah on 10/06/10 at 14:32:29

Rorkover- it (Molybdenum disulfide) wasn't listed as an ingrediant on any that I looked at. But thanks for the info, I was thinking Molly was the dinosaur and lithium the new kid on the block. ;D

Phelonius - it's soo hard to keep those lube job threads from squirting up.

Title: Re: Grease not Oil this time
Post by bill67 on 10/06/10 at 14:44:03

Sta-lube is what I was told was good for the caliper pins its synthetic grease the main thing in it is polyalphaolefin.

Title: Re: Grease not Oil this time
Post by buttgoat1 on 10/07/10 at 09:28:18

does Klotz make grease?

Title: Re: Grease not Oil this time
Post by Charon on 10/07/10 at 18:49:10

I found a lithium grease with moly (molybdenum disulphide) as an additive in Walmart, in one of their Super-Tech greases. Also, Honda dealers sell a moly grease with 60% moly in it, designed for lubing drive splines on shaft-drive bikes. Both came in cartridges designed for grease guns. I used the Honda product to lube the bushings on the rear suspension on my Ninja, and it seems to work OK.

Title: Re: Grease not Oil this time
Post by Trippah on 10/07/10 at 20:40:03

Thanks all for your input, tried another autoparts store and they had a tube..the proper brown color. None of this pale white stuff..no way. It was also twice the price of the lithium only $6.00 and change vs $3.00 and change. :o

Title: Re: Grease not Oil this time
Post by Digger on 10/20/10 at 21:11:02

Lithium soap based moly greases are easy to find.

If you require a truly waterproof moly grease, check this out:

Schaeffer #221 Moly Ultra (http://www.schaefferoil.com/221_grease.html)

I think this is really good stuff. Aluminum complex base.

This is available locally in many places:

http://www.schaefferoil.com/dealer_locator.html