Lube for hinge pins?

[cliffblue]

In manual 14 page 1B-7, I'm unclear what to lube the hinge pins with. Is it U-Joint and Gimbal Bearing Grease also?

 

[Fun Times]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

Quicksilver 2-4-C Marine Lubricant with Teflon 92-825407A12 is what's recommended.

 

[dingdongs]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

marine grease

 

[dubs283]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

Is it U-Joint and Gimbal Bearing Grease also?

that will work just fine

if you are installing them, blue loctite on the threads, torque to 100 lbs/ft

 

[wrestling coach]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

Here is what I use on the trailer and boat.

Buy Green Grease Synthetic Waterproof High Temperature Grease 101 at Advance Auto Parts

Dennis

 

[cliffblue]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

Too many different darn lubes! You need a bunch of different grease guns and crap! Shoot! What a pain. I'll use the gimbal grease on the hinge pins to keep it simple. FYI, according to my local dealer, Mercury doesn't have a grease for the spline-coupler any more, suggested an extreme grease made by Mobil that can be had at Graingers. I will post the part # later when I come back in. Just pulled the outdrive and checked alignment. No grease on top of the bar at the rear of that part that goes into the coupler. Came in to cool off a while before starting to raise the front of the engine.Thanks for the feed back. Cliff

 

[Don S]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

 

[dubs283]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

according to my local dealer, Mercury doesn't have a grease for the spline-coupler any more

thats not true

quicksilver engine coupler and spline grease is what you need for the coupler

 

[Bondo]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

Ayuh,... I admit it,... I own 2 grease guns,....

1 has a good quality chassis grease in it, 'n the other is fulla 2-4-C...

As for the topic at hand, I firmly believe my signature line is in fact the answer.....

 

[stonyloam]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

Too many different darn lubes!

I use 2 (greaseguns), Quicksilver spline grease for the gimbal bearing, U-joints and coupler splines, 2-4C for everything else, including the prop shaft.

 

[Don S]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

Spline grease is great for splines, but like 24C it will make gimbal bearings slide and not roll. Just too thick and sticky (Unless you get that cheap, watered down, thin Sierra stuff).

I had 2 grease guns as a tech. 1 spline grease, the other gimbal bearing and ujoint grease.
steering and hinge pins don't care which as long as it prevents corrosion and makes things slipery.
I also had small tubes of 2-4-C and 101 and a few others for different things, but they didn't get much use.

 

[cliffblue]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

As to Quicksilver spline grease not being available anymore, that's what the Mercury tech person told my parts guy while I was there. All the part numbers in the manual are obsolete. The spline grease number did not have a crossover number on the computer. That was all I had to go on. Cliff

 

[cliffblue]

Re: Lube for hinge pins?

Why does this thread show to be moved? Cliff