Type of grease used

[jackhorn01]

I have two grease guns, one with marine grease for the boat / trailer and one with general purpose heat resistant grease for my riding lawnmower since it requires it. I have been using the Mystik hi temp grease from Tractor Supply on my tractor that I use on riding lawn mower to avoid having to maintain and keep up with a third grease gun. Is this ok?

 

[Tractor Seabee]

The only grease I definitely would not use is clay based greases. They do not resist water well. I virtually use a moly base grease on everything, except wheel bearings, even though it is messy. Impossible to wash it from rags and stains my overalls.

Ron

 

[jeff9366]

Kubota recommends moly supplemented lithium based grease for contemporary tractors.

Mediocre grease applied regularly is better than expensive grease applied infrequently.

 

[Fallon]

Kubota recommends moly based grease for contemporary tractors.

Mediocre grease applied regularly is better than expensive grease applied infrequently.

Preach it. Grease regularly & worry less about what type of grease you use. Just pick one & stick with it. Some grease types aren't compatible, but that's not a problem if you clean out the old stuff before switching.

I use some of the nasty black molly stuff on everything but wheel bearings myself (have a tub of high temp wheel bearing grease for hand packing wheel bearings). With as hard as it is to get off hands & clothes, you can probably assume its going to stay on the bearings & bushings.

 

[Texasmark]

I learned of Mystic green when I had a boat. I was using red in everything. Ran some tests on the red vs green and couldn't tell the difference in ability to stay in place in a water environment so I stuck to the red. Red is red as I see it whether it's wallyworld red or TSC red or Mystic red or whomever.

 

[kthompson]

It is my understanding the red grease is for high temp applications and not what I will call normal use. Have had two different brand dealers recommend the red high temp for such as blade spindles but not for say linkage. I do use the red high temp on excavator bucket pins for water will not wash it out very easy. The red high temp is too sticky for low temp uses.

 

[Texasmark]

Preach it. Grease regularly & worry less about what type of grease you use. Just pick one & stick with it. Some grease types aren't compatible, but that's not a problem if you clean out the old stuff before switching.

I use some of the nasty black molly stuff on everything but wheel bearings myself (have a tub of high temp wheel bearing grease for hand packing wheel bearings). With as hard as it is to get off hands & clothes, you can probably assume its going to stay on the bearings & bushings.

I read somewhere that Moly is for sliding surfaces, not rolling surfaces as it't too slick for such. I have a tube for that...use a popsickle stick for an applicator and only on sliding surfaces. When I ran sickle bar hay cutters, that's a sliding surface that likes it.

On using red grease for low temp applications, the only thing I can see where that might hurt something is that it may remain too viscous for a ball to roll in a race......I guess that'll just hit me one of these days as I have many bearings on my farm crammed full of it and the way it's been since I can't remember when.

 

[Fallon]

I read somewhere that Moly is for sliding surfaces, not rolling surfaces as it't too slick for such. I have a tube for that...use a popsickle stick for an applicator and only on sliding surfaces. When I ran sickle bar hay cutters, that's a sliding surface that likes it.

On using red grease for low temp applications, the only thing I can see where that might hurt something is that it may remain too viscous for a ball to roll in a race......I guess that'll just hit me one of these days as I have many bearings on my farm crammed full of it and the way it's been since I can't remember when.

Valvoline Moly-Fortified Multi-Purpose Grease Ford : Product Catalog - Valvoline^(R) Some molly greases are speced for wheel bearings.

 

[TractorGuy]

Preach it. Grease regularly & worry less about what type of grease you use.

Not so much fun with a backhoe. I switched to a 5% moly grease that holds and lasts longer than the old 3% product I was using. Not good for wheel bearings.

Last time I did wheel bearings I just bought the travelers waterproof marine stuff from TS. Not sure if it's any good but time will tell.

 

[Turbys_1700]

I use whatever is on sale at Tractor Supply. That is typically their Multi-Purpose Lithium or heavier duty rated red high temp grease. I do have some corn head grease for use in gearboxes if needed.