How about a grease cartridge thread?

[tomplum]

At 76, I sometimes think that I should have one of my doctors install a zerk on each knee. Then I could give them a couple of shots each morning so they'd move easier. (Some days they need it more than others.)

Trouble is, I don't know which grease would be best for that application...

My step dad used to rub WD40 on his knee. True story.

 

[Mark Kingsley]

I use Amaplex 1275 from LE Lubricants. Expensive but checks all the boxes.

 

[Mark Kingsley]

Not cheap.​

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I've been using LE Lubricants Amaplex 1275. Works great and I can use it on electric motor bearings without issue.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Now that i think about it as a kid helping Dad in the 50s grease didn't come in tubes but a pail with lid. Dad held grease gun in vice and we loaded it with a putty knife. I don't remember it ever being a messy job.

 

[Dunno]

There is only one grease to use if you farm or care about your land - Deere Corn Head water-based grease. Not as harmful to your environment and no clumps of petroleum grease killing everything it touches; you just have to grease things regularly!

 

[4570Man]

There is only one grease to use if you farm or care about your land - Deere Corn Head water-based grease. Not as harmful to your environment and no clumps of petroleum grease killing everything it touches; you just have to grease things regularly!

That grease is made to replace gear oil when the seals are blown out. It was never made for pins.

 

[dbritt]

The only info you need in selecting grease is the number of adjectives in the description. The more words like Ultra, Heavy Duty, Supreme, Superior, Wear Resistant, Waterproof, etc, the better the grease. Any first grader knows that. This is kind of like the "Which oil is best" threads...they go on forever and there's never a consensus.

 

[dodge man]

I agree, nothing is ever standard duty or light duty when it comes to most lubrication products. Heavy duty, synthetic polymetric, superior, best flowing and long wearing waterproof grease.

 

[JackDaniels1982]

I'm always in the minority, but I do love red and tacky. It's "fortified with anti-seize" which makes me feel a lot better in something that doesn't get used daily. I'll take the advice from an earlier post however and quit using it for lawnmower bearings.

 

[tomplum]

I'm always in the minority, but I do love red and tacky. It's "fortified with anti-seize" which makes me feel a lot better in something that doesn't get used daily. I'll take the advice from an earlier post however and quit using it for lawnmower bearings.

You can use RNT or any other NLGI 2 grease on deck spindle or wheel bearings. That is what the usual spec is. The anti-seize is a good feature for tight clearance pivot points such as axle king pins / loader pins and spindles as well.

Moly is a great additive too, though I think of Moly grease as superior for things the slide, like shafts and splines. Just my perception from past automotive work.

It was interesting as earlier posted by John0829 about the formula change. I just wish the dang tab would come off the tube!

New Red “N” Tacky® Formula – Lucas Oil Products, Inc. – Keep That Engine Alive!

www.lucasoil.com

 

[Dunno]

4570,
It works on pins too, just have to keep up with it and grease on schedule. I have an organic farm and try to keep tractors tight and dry. Milwaukee M18 grease gun makes quick work of greasing.

 

[4570Man]

4570,
It works on pins too, just have to keep up with it and grease on schedule. I have an organic farm and try to keep tractors tight and dry. Milwaukee M18 grease gun makes quick work of greasing.

I guess you could not wash your hair for a week and rub on the pins too but there’s far better options available.

 

[Dunno]

Non toxic?

 

[4570Man]

Non toxic?

It’s supposed to go in the pins not the water well. Grab a shovel if you care that much.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

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[Torvy]

4570,
It works on pins too, just have to keep up with it and grease on schedule. I have an organic farm and try to keep tractors tight and dry. Milwaukee M18 grease gun makes quick work of greasing.

All farms are organic. I've never seen anyone raise inorganic crops or critters.

 

[Flogger]

I learned years ago that lithium based moly if far superior to regular lithium. Moly gives you an extra edge against washing out plus it is much slicker. That is the reason it’s the most common high pressure ingredient. I’m not so brand loyal but a quality high pressure grease is my pick. Anti-seize is basically a moly lube fortified with a variety of metals for specific applications. I use 2/0 picker grease for gearboxes. It doesn’t leak out like gear oil and is used commercially in “permanently lubed” gearboxes. So far so good.

 

[ultrarunner]

Rental yard owner turned me on to TRC 880 so that is what I use.

Texas Refinery Corporation has a full line.

I will only add that mixing non compatible grease can be very bad…

A few boat trailer friends found this out.

 

[5030]

I have not purchased a tube of grease in decades. Buy all my grease in 150 pound open head drums and bulk refill all my grease guns from the air greaser. Just purchased a 150 pound of Lucas Red and Tacky to replace the almost empty drum of Lubrication Engineers Teflon fortified grease I usually use as the shipping on the Lucas beat the pants off the LE grease and I (so far) have no issue with the Lucas.

A 150 pound drum usually lasts me 2 years or so.

No messy cartridges to deal with or dispose of and no greasy fingers or clothes either. The air greaser was a good investment for me.

It's an ARO btw and it wasn't cheap but then quality American made products usually aren't.

Each of my lever guns is fitted with a bulk load fitting and all my guns have clear barrels so I can see what's left in them.

Easy to fill and no mess.

 

[LouNY]

My first time attempting to fill a cartridge with grease was from a five gallon pail no cartridge and no pump. I tried to hold the bottom of the barrel in the grease and suck the grease into it by slowly pulling back on the plunger. Grease went many places and very few were inside the gun. When I finally got a box of cartridges I felt like a grease monkey gone to town.

Many years ago we got our grease in the 4? gallon/40# keg, under the cover it had a follower plate with a hole in the center. You would unscrew the head of the grease gun then stick the barrel down into the hole in the follower plate and pull on the handle to suck the grease into the grease gun, then fight to get the rod over into the notch to hold it retracted till you could screw the head back on and then unscrew it a couple of turns to "burp" the air out of it.
Then we got fancy and got the pump to go on the grease bucket with a large fitting which would mate up with the large fitting on the head of the grease gun and pump the dispensing pump to fill the grease gun while watching the plunger rod slowly extend out.

Dang we sure were pleased when the switch over to tubes was done.

I don't recall getting any plastic tubes all mine have been in cardboard tubes.
That said I haven't had to buy any in quite awhile as I picked up several cases a couple of years ago. Less then a case left now. I've been using the Amsoil greases for quite awhile.