I;m the guilty one
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Topic: I;m the guilty one
Posted By: Les Royer
Subject: I;m the guilty one
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:13pm
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for coming in here and starting a discussion on oil then leaving for ya'll to bicker about it but this time I gort a legit question. Is it ok to use a grease on my wheel bearing on my truck, a grease containing polytetgraflouroethylene? ------------- I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now. |
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:24pm
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Les, first you are gonna have to tell us what polytetgraflouroethylene is.. ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: Les Royer
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:29pm
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sorry John. Didn't mean to slide that one on by ya, but I miss spelled it. Here ya go. polytetraflouroethylene If'n ya still don't know, here's a hint. It was discovered in 1938
------------- I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now. |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:29pm
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Hint #2 Dupont. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Phil48ACWC
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2019 at 6:11am
| It's PTFE which is Teflon. Use it if you want. |
Posted By: Phil48ACWC
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2019 at 6:25am
| Slick 50 Good Stuff |
Posted By: DougS
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2019 at 6:44am
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It works nicely on cookware. As a motor oil additive, not so much. |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2019 at 11:30am
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Vehicles equipped with disc/drum brake wheel bearings recommend a higher temperature grease viscosity. NLGI -GCLB is the recommenced standard for such higher temperature applications. So the question becomes, does your PTFE accomplish a NLGI - GCLB standard? |
Posted By: Les Royer
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2019 at 7:38pm
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dunno. My owners manual says to use hub lock grease on the lockouts and long life premium grease on the wheel bearings. So now we got two different grease types in the same cavity. Didn't think that was recommended. ------------- I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 7:36am
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Didn't you listen to your mother??? Just DO AS YOU'RE TOLD... Couldn't resist buddy. The lock outs require a thinner grease so that in cold weather they are able to turn somewhat easily. With the weather we have right now, I doubt you'll be turning anything!! ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 8:04am
| are you STILL working on them old worn out truck wanna-be's? whew! and what's wrong with using what the owners manual says to use? |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 5:58pm
I think the main NO-NO is to not mix the bases, of the grease. that would be like mixing a sodium base with a lithium base, or a calcium base...
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