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| | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 | I've been working on rebuilding my front end. The grease that is in my spindles and shackles is different than anything I've seen.
It almost seems like anti-seize. It's gold and pasty just like anti-seize, not the consistancy of chassis grease at all.
The only way it could've been in all the places it's at it by a grease gun.
Did they every make anti-seize in grease gun form? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,252 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,252 | Not that I'm aware of. Could it have been heavy use from a previous assembly job? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 | It was inside all the pins, greas zerks, etc...
Don't know how it could've gotten there other than by a grease gun.
When I was cleaning up the front axle for some paint. I shot some carb cleaner on the greasy areas. The carb cleaner and the grease had some sort of reaction/fizzing. Even stranger. It did clean off well though and seemed to eat through the old paint and rust.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 434 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 434 | Google "gold grease". It sounds like good stuff. I'd never heard of it.
R-Bo
1959 Apache 1/2 ton Big Window, Short bed Fleetside (under reconstruction)
1966 GMC 305V6 in the family
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 | I looked at the "gold grease," that's probably what it is.
It doesn't seem as thick as normal grease. That may be why they used it, so the frontend turns easier.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,962 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,962 | There are several gold colored lubricants on the market. Detco markets a good one and Caterpillar also markets one. Whatever brand it is, it is probably a premium lubricant. | | |
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