bulk equivalent of auto store grease packets?

[Texan4Life]

you know the little packets they are probably making out like bandits on?. Just wondering what the equivalents might be.

like the spark plug anti-seize, boot protector, bulb grease, connector protector, coolant hose grease.

What type of anti-seize? are there different types of dielectric grease?

 

[bmod305]

First off we(Napa 5 store group)don't make out like bandits on the packets. Sell them for 1.79 each and pay 1.49 for them; so .30 each packet "isn't making out like bandits". We actually loose money on them after you factor all missing ones; many customers actually think they are free samples even though we have a large price tag on each facing. I write off at least 3-4 missing packets a week at our group. We had to move them up onto the counter at all our stores to keep the "shrinkage" down to an acceptable level.

They are supplied by American Grease Stick Company. Their website is http://www.agscompany.com. According to their rep, the packets use the same product as their larger packaging i.e brake lube is actually Sil-Glyde.

Let me know if you have any other "part stores" questions. I done this for 20+ years and like to answer any questions you guys have.

Thanks,

Dave

 

[bluestream]

I think the company that makes the packets would be the one making out like a bandit

 

[The_Jeff]

I got a pint of synthetic brake caliper pin grease at NAPA. The cheapo parts stores didn't have synthetic-- they said, use wheel bearing grease, it's close enough.

It'll last until the day I die. A little dab will do ya.

Autozone must be making money on the packets; the clerks always include them without asking when one buys brakes there.

 

[LotusLover]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
IIt'll last until the day I die. A little dab will do ya.


You are like me. In the late 1960s I bought a tube of Delco Distributor Cam Grease. I still have most of it.

How am I going to get my use out of it, now that modern cars have Electronic Ignitions?????

 

[doitmyself]

To the OP, at EVERY auto parts store you can buy the dielectric grease in tubes of different sizes by the Permatex company:

A small tube will last for years. Permatex usually dominates the auto stores for Anti seize also.
HMMMMMMM....so those little packets aren't free????

 

[Virtuoso]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
Autozone must be making money on the packets; the clerks always include them without asking when one buys brakes there.


Our 'local' AutoZone tried that with me too. Just another reason why I don't shop there anymore..

NAPA always had small tubes of whatever grease I was looking for. Bought a tube of Lith-Ease (what the counter guy said I needed for caliper pins); will probably pass the thing down to my son with as many brake jobs as I do, heh.

 

[Texan4Life]

guess my bandit comment was taken the wrong way. I was referring to the cost per oz. generally speaking one would expect a lower per oz cost in a larger container. much lower in this case since a packet is 0.14oz

love the packets and I always pay, but at a little over a dollar a packet it is adding up when I grab a hand full.

 

[Texan4Life]

Originally Posted By: doitmyself
To the OP, at EVERY auto parts store you can buy the dielectric grease in tubes of different sizes by the Permatex company:


durp can't believe I didn't think to check out permatex's site

They recommend:

dielectric grease for electrical connections/bulbs/spark plug boots
copper anti-seize for spark plugs, exhaust related fasteners.
and they have several brake lubes to choose from.

just wanted to make sure i was getting the right stuff.

 

[doitmyself]

While the dielectric grease is easy, you will find lots of different opinions on the which anti seize and brake lubricant to use.

For instance, the Permatex site also shows that the silver anti seize is for spark plugs. Which one is best? They state that the copper anti seize is for spark plugs in aluminum engines. Mixing steel, aluminum, and copper just doesn't seem right regarding dielectric corrosion. Someone enlighten me.

 

[sciphi]

Get a tube of each, they'll last years. I spent maybe $20 on anti-seize, dielectric grease, and synthetic brake lube a few years ago. Those containers are still mostly full despite liberal application when it's time to do those jobs.

 

[spackard]

I have the same reservations WRT copper in Al threads, however, almost anything galls in Al so maybe Cu is softer and gives itself so the Al can live. In practice I haven't had any problems with the Cu-based antiseize.

There's a new, nicer (IMO) version of the old Copaslip.
It's a lipstick-type dispenser, Loctite C5-A, with hardly any grease. Just scrape a bit of a plug's threads through the stuff and assemble.

 

[Cutehumor]

Originally Posted By: bmod305
First off we(Napa 5 store group)don't make out like bandits on the packets. Sell them for 1.79 each and pay 1.49 for them; so .30 each packet "isn't making out like bandits". We actually loose money on them after you factor all missing ones; many customers actually think they are free samples even though we have a large price tag on each facing. I write off at least 3-4 missing packets a week at our group. We had to move them up onto the counter at all our stores to keep the "shrinkage" down to an acceptable level.

They are supplied by American Grease Stick Company. Their website is http://www.agscompany.com. According to their rep, the packets use the same product as their larger packaging i.e brake lube is actually Sil-Glyde.

Let me know if you have any other "part stores" questions. I done this for 20+ years and like to answer any questions you guys have.

Thanks,

Dave


you mean they aren't free?