Lubrication

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by 5th_bike

Well in the Maryland near 100° (37 °C) summers the bearing grease drips out of my grease gun, no problems with stiff bearing grease here.

Two different things. Wheel bearing grease has a consistency somewhat like CLAY. It has fibers in it and, AFAIK, doesn't come in tubes for "guns".

[5th_bike]

[quote=Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by "5th_bike":sg721ssv

Well in the Maryland near 100° (37 °C) summers the bearing grease drips out of my grease gun, no problems with stiff bearing grease here.

Two different things. Wheel bearing grease has a consistency somewhat like CLAY. It has fibers in it and, AFAIK, doesn't come in tubes for "guns".[/quote:sg721ssv]

:oops: Well sorry I really was under the (apparantly wrong) impression that the grease in the cartridge in the the "grease gun" that one connects to the nipples at the wheel bearings of my lawn mower, and when you squeeze the grease gun handle, it injects grease in the wheel bearing nipples, is wheel bearing grease. :??: It is not stiff but has some solidity to it, its viscosity must be way low down on the Richter scale, around where the butter is.

I must have meant "wheel bearing nipple grease", then, all along. My apologies.
So, I do use "wheel bearing nipple grease" for the side stand and brake pedal pivot. :2tup:

[Sarris]

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[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by Sarris

Easyrider;

Stop with the nasty remarks.

Totally uncalled for. Care to quote something I posted in this thread that is "nasty" ??

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by 5th_bike

So, I do use "wheel bearing nipple grease" for the side stand and brake pedal pivot. :2tup:

Yes.

"Wheel bearing grease" is a specific product made for cars and trucks that have ball or roller bearings for the axle spindles.

What you have in your grease gun (and mine) is just multi-purpose grease. It probably says that on the side of the cartridge.

[Sarris]

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[5th_bike]

[quote=Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by "5th_bike":1lawf3t7

So, I do use "wheel bearing nipple grease" for the side stand and brake pedal pivot. :2tup:

Yes.

"Wheel bearing grease" is a specific product made for cars and trucks that have ball or roller bearings for the axle spindles.

What you have in your grease gun (and mine) is just multi-purpose grease. It probably says that on the side of the cartridge. [/quote:1lawf3t7]

Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding, and thank you for the explanation.
In my youth, working on my bicycles and mopeds I always used general purpose grease for the ball bearings, then. I wasn't aware of the existence of a special wheel bearing grease.

Do stick around, it's just that some people don't want to be educated.

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