Chassis Grease Recommended

[Ritchie_Rich]

Meh.

 

[tjfdesmo]

Meh, Meh. Fact.

 

[HEMIMANN]

In the mid 80s we bought a new straight mast rough terrain forklift on Ford tractor/industrial running gear. The manufacturer had redesigned to whole counterweight design, but Ford hadn't yet built a heavier steer axle. This resulted in frequent and continuous failures of king pin bushings(they would peel out), and snapping spindles. While I was battling the company, I was steered by a local parts house to the Drydene synthetic grease, and it made a big difference in keeping the bushings in longer. Eventually the manufacturer was bought out, and we made a settlement to retro tgecomplete new heavier steer axle.

So,"boutique grease" can make a difference.

Absolutely - again because YOU didn't have an application needing a specific grease doesn't mean NOBODY does!!! It's fine to share personal experiences, but read the rest of the member's equipment and applications before making a blanket statement about everyone else's needs.

Most modern vehicles don't have any regreasable joints anymore - they're design to fail just outside of warranty periods. Then you can replace with aftermarket regreasable if you intend to run the vehicle into the ground. Aside from that, running tractor loaders into gravel, rock, and stumps I wouldn't use anything but moly fortified greases. AFAIK, the mines haven't gone to non-moly greases either for their shovels and loaders.

 

[HEMIMANN]

Somebody showed a video about Amsoil having a Polyurea-thickened grease 10 or more years ago.

I cruised their website - nothing. So I wrote them to be sure. Below is their email reply just now -

Mail TechService​	12:32 PM (34 minutes ago)
to me

Brian,

Thank you for reaching out to AMSOIL. Regrettably we do not offer a grease with a Polyurea thickener.
Thank you,
AMSOIL Technical Services
Tech Line: 715-399-8324
Email: [email protected]

 

[crackerjack1957]

You sure it wasn't

Polymeric​

 

[HEMIMANN]

You sure it wasn't

Polymeric​

Detail says it's calcium sulfonate Good for water apps like boat trailer hub bearings. Not for high load bucket and chassis pins.