Black Snow Slide
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Jun 15, 2007
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I use the West Marine brand and it is ok but I need to repack every season. I use bearing buddies. Looking to upgrade to better grease.
Grease is grease just doesn't cut it. There are different brands and grades. The are synthetic and dyno. I am sure people have used some brands and said to themselves ," this stuff just didn't hold up as well as the last that I used."
It's why you don't see an MBA player wearing Converse canvass basketball sneakers. A sneaker isn't just a sneaker. There is a difference.
Yes, for high pressure, heat, specific tolerances, and very high rpm, you need specialized grease. Lets not complicate it, wheel bearings are about as low stress as you can get. The tolerances are huge, the temperatures are relatively low, and the rpms are almost non-existent in comparison. (i've got electric motors that spin 30,000 rpm, your average trailer tire spins 1,200 at 75 mph)
Pretty much any cheap grease that you buy at walmart will hold up exactly as well as the most expensive stuff you can find. Get water in either, and they both will have problems.
Mercury 2-4-C