Grease Recommendations

[dfattack]

Does anyone have a particular grease you like to use? Are there particular types specifically for sleds that hold up to water and cold? As you can tell I'm not very educated in this area and would like to find out if any of you have a certain brand that you think is good to use.

 

[600_RMK_144]

Any grease is better than no grease. I use the Lucas Red N Tacky.

 

[snake]

I use the polaris low temp grease(purple in color) if it's not low temp your suspension may not move freely or fully, most general use grease gets pretty darn thick when cold.also, if you're greasing a bearing with rollers ,on any application,it's recommended to not use a grease with teflon as the engineers say the bearings may just slide instead of actually rolling.

 

[gkolar]

Second for the Lucas red n tacky, good multipurpose with wide temp range, its not expensive and its readily available. I use it on the sleds and my trailers.

 

[snowfish]

Mobil 1 full synthetic. Use it on everything. Most temperature blind, full range grease, that I've found to date.

 

[old abe]

I have used the "Mistik Synthetic Blend", purchased at Farm&Fleet for many, many years. Very good extreme high, and low temp range. Pumps very easy at low temps. Use it on all our vehicles. It is a must to use a low temp range grease in low temps!

 

[mrbb]

first off there are tons of different types of grease , some for high speed applications, low speed, higher temps, lower temps, food grade and so on

and it all can matter a lot on how long something last , pending what grease you use for the application
YES any grease is better than NO grease, but there NOT all the same

some grease become extremely thick and almost like NO grease in very cold temps, so, winter use grease is something you may want to make sure your using on a sled and then what part of the sled!
just think of it this way, grease in a wheel bearing spinning REALLY fast, needs to work and stay in place, differently, than say grease on a suspension part that moves a lot less over the miles!

for recommendation, ANY of the snowmobile brand marketed grease for SLEDS seems to work well
I prefer top use the Polaris grease myself, just easy for em to get locally and seems to hold up very well

I grease a lot of things, have I 3 grease guns all with different types grease in em, makes life easier when doing different things(heavy equipment, sleds, trail bearings, are my top things I grease often enough to justify having 3 filled and ready to go and labeled as such)

 

[maddogg]

And here I just pump in the marine grease I use on the boats and trailer.

 

[indy_500]

Mystik synthetic is what I use. Highly recommend to NOT use hi temp grease like I see so many people use. Wayyy too thick in the winter

 

[xcr440]

Mystik synthetic is what I use. Highly recommend to NOT use hi temp grease like I see so many people use. Wayyy too thick in the winter

Same for me - the -20 blue JT6

 

[sweeperguy]

first off there are tons of different types of grease , some for high speed applications, low speed, higher temps, lower temps, food grade and so on

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I grease a lot of things, have I 3 grease guns all with different types grease in em, makes life easier when doing different things(heavy equipment, sleds, trail bearings, are my top things I grease often enough to justify having 3 filled and ready to go and labeled as such)

I use a electric grease gun, so I change the tube as needed. For the most part it is kinda seasonal.
BUT brings into my mind wonder how many purge the old grease from pump/tube before using for new application? Different color grease helps with this.

 

[mrbb]

I use a electric grease gun, so I change the tube as needed. For the most part it is kinda seasonal.
BUT brings into my mind wonder how many purge the old grease from pump/tube before using for new application? Different color grease helps with this.

I too have a cordless grease gun(must have for heavy equipment I think, grows real old pumping on so many fittings so often)
but that can also be a issue, as powered grease guns can some time shave a LOT of PSI that can blow out many things besides old grease LOL


but yes removing old grease is a big part of long life, all the more so IMO on things like wheel bearings and hubs!

NOW as for mixing grease colors or??
that is actually NOT a good thing to be doing,as different mixes/formulas of OEM made greases can have negative effects on things over time!

if you read many grease topic's and science on it, it will always tell you, to either remove all old before adding a new different type to things
and just pumping till new color comes out doesn';t always do that

so just pumping till OLD grease comes out doesn;t mean ALL old grease came out, so mixing two types isn't always the best idea!

odds are NO one keeps things long enough to ever seen problems from mixing, but it is a fact, we shouldnl;t do so! LOL

 

[old abe]

Same for me - the -20 blue JT6

Yep, Mystik JT-6 Semi-Synthetic!

 

[rp7x]

A good friends wife uses k y she says it’s a good high speed high temp lube , she always says if a little is good a lot is better

 

[old abe]

A good friends wife uses k y she says it’s a good high speed high temp lube , she always says if a little is good a lot is better

She should be careful as to not blow her bearing seals out, eh? Ouch!

 

[eao]

►Synthetic Water Resistant Grease




Available locally in the Keweenaw at ►Synthoil Supply

 

[dfattack]

for a grease to be considered "low temp" does it have to have a certain type of rating? I've been using a waterproof grease on the ball on my hitch as well as the ends of my trunion bars and notice when it's cold it gets really thick. Wondering if I should be using a low temp type grease for that too? Maybe the same grease as I eventually use on my sled?

 

[old abe]

for a grease to be considered "low temp" does it have to have a certain type of rating? I've been using a waterproof grease on the ball on my hitch as well as the ends of my trunion bars and notice when it's cold it gets really thick. Wondering if I should be using a low temp type grease for that too? Maybe the same grease as I eventually use on my sled?

The grease temp range you use, should match the outside temp range you are working, or riding in. Proper lubrication fails due to low temps more so, and faster than high temps. That being with oil, or grease.

 

[dfattack]

for those of you using Mystik JT-6, would that be the low temp extreme in the blue bottle?



And could I use this on the ball on the hitch as well as the trunion bar ends too? Or would this be better?

 

[garageguy]

Bacon grease is always da best.