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Leighton
 Post subject: ball joint grease
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 5:46 pm 
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just starting to fit the new ball joints

what type and grade grease do you guys recommend for new ball joints?

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I use moly

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TheMiniMan wrote:
I use moly

Does your wife know :shock:

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Shhh,,, don`t tell anyone but Molly is a really nice girl & i don`t want her to get it trouble :-)

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Morris 1100
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TheMiniMan wrote:
Shhh,,, don`t tell anyone but Molly is a really nice girl & i don`t want her to get it trouble :-)

Any girl that greases your ball-joints is a keeper. :mrgreen:
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she stepped in some mud the other day, so i video-ed it & got some "Dirty-Footage" :-)

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

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drmini in aust
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I use whatever EP2 lithium grease is cheapest in cartridge form.
I've found buying them from a BP servo is cheaper now than Supercrap.

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what do you use in wheel bearings.

I used moly in the ball joints, but i used caltex HTB in the bearings.

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drmini in aust
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Castrol HTB in the bearings, LMM in CVs.

Steering racks I use Castrol LSX90. It's an LSD diff oil, has additives for metal to metal sliding contact- good for where the rack slides on the steel pressure pad.

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Morris 1100
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drmini in aust wrote:
Steering racks I use Castrol LSX90. It's an LSD diff oil, has additives for metal to metal sliding contact- good for where the rack slides on the steel pressure pad.

That's good, I still have a bottle of LSX90 left over from the HQ race car (but don't HQs run open diffs? 8) :lol: )
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Morris 1100 wrote:
drmini in aust wrote:
Steering racks I use Castrol LSX90. It's an LSD diff oil, has additives for metal to metal sliding contact- good for where the rack slides on the steel pressure pad.

That's good, I still have a bottle of LSX90 left over from the HQ race car (but don't HQs run open diffs? 8) :lol: )


I thought they used no oil at all in the diff so it welds itself up after a couple of corners...

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