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    What grease to use for Semi-Tractor

    How much you paying for that Kendall SHP?
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    Chevron Delo 400LE 10w30 vs. Schaeffer #711 10w30

    dnewton3: If you believe Schaeffer makes quality products and since your so skeptical about the fuel economy claims, why don't you monitor your fuel mileage till your next oil change, run Schaeffer's oil for the next 3 months and monitor your fuel mileage all the while reporting your findings...
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    Food grade grease that will handle 572*F ALL day?

    I've got a case of tubes just taking up space. I'm happy to send a few of them.Email me your address. Originally Posted By: Ven I'd be interested in running a trial with the Bentone based grease. I'm going to confer with NTN and see if that bearing design is favorable to that kind of lubricant...
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    What grease to use for Semi-Tractor

    You can try "Lubes n Greases" magazine. They have had great articles over the years about various thickening agents. Noria has on-line classes that will tell you everything there is to know about lubricants. The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers has courses you can take. The...
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    Chevron Delo 400LE 10w30 vs. Schaeffer #711 10w30

    The 3%-5% is an average. I achieved 7% and tripled my drain intervals when I switched to Schaeffer's 5w30 full synthetic.
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    What grease to use for Semi-Tractor

    Aside from my training and education. You can google "grease reversibility" and with a little reading find reversibility characteristics for all the thickening agents where it identifies calcium base greases as having poor reversibility, between 5%-30%. Calcium soap bases at the lower end and...
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    F1 in Austin TX???

    Don't know if you guys heard, that project has collapsed. Drove by the track site today and all the construction equipment is gone.
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    Another compatibility question

    Yes...You can use the 274 in electric motor bearings. If you go to www.schaefferoil.com, click on MSDS/TD on the right side of the page, then scroll down to 274. You can click the "TD" tab and get the application and performance testing information.
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    Food grade grease that will handle 572*F ALL day?

    I have two different ones. The Schaeffer's 195 is Aluminum Complex. It's water proof and stays in place during clean up. Your temp requirement is on the outside limit but has worked with one of my clients who reported the same levels. The 195 cut their grease consumption by more than 50% over...
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    What grease to use for Semi-Tractor

    Crazy bad. Aluminum Complex, water proof, 3% Moly grease. No wash-out, no sling out. Will cut consumption of the Mystic in half easily for $3.54 a tube. Put together a qualifying order its delivered right to your door for free. Buy two tubes a Mystic for every one of Schaeffer's makes it crazy...
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    What grease to use for Semi-Tractor

    $3.50 a tube for Mystik is crazy.
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    What grease to use for Semi-Tractor

    The Schaeffer's 238 is fantastic for trucking. It's water proof and won't washout. It's 5% Moly to protect from wear and corrosion. I've got truckers using the 229 red grease also. They tell me they like the "cleaner" aspect. The red grease is also waterproof meeting the CAT MPGM spec. It's a...
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    Been using Amsoil Series 2000...better grease?

    mrdctaylor: I read the link you supplied. I say that guy is full of [censored] about Moly. I work with several CLS certified people and confirmed with a phd level chemists that what that guy is reporting is only half-truths. First inaccurate info is grease is 80%-90% oil. His statement leads...
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    Difference Between Euro and non-Euro Oils?

    You also need to take into consideration the different systems. Euro oils (ACEA standards)are controlled by the OEM. Euro car manufacturers "own" the oil specs and oil manufacturers have to pay the car manufacturers to make the oil for those models. One reason oils in Europe are so expensive. GM...
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    grease compatibility

    Those two are compatible. You won't have any problems.
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    Best Oil for Cleaning Out Varnish?

    To OP: As you can see it's a pretty difficult process to ask what is the best product for anything involving lubricants, coolants, fuel or any other topic you want to throw in here. There are a million different opinions and noone has even scratched the surface on how many products are available...
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    Synthetic moly grease recommendation

    Just curious...Why are you specifying Lithium thickener?
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