General grease needed

[Stanley Rockafeller]

Hi guys!
I was wondering if there's a general grease I can use on the u joints of my BMW, that I can use on the ball joints, sway bar end links, and the tie rod ends.
Also, I recall hearing that I can grease a "sealed-unit" wiht the use of a grease injection needle. Does anyone know where I can find one of these? or where I can find a good, compact, grease gun?

Thanks in Advance

 

[brian fix]

Schaeffers 274#2 grease is a very good grease,,se Schaefer sponser,Amsoil general purpose grease#2,Mystik SX 6,,,BL

 

[jthorner]

The needles are sold at almost any REAL auto parts store. Ditto that for good manual grease guns.

John

 

[Cicero]

NAPA sale $19.99 Professional grease guns, 14oz tube(save $10). Very good quality, lever action. I have three with flex hoses and keep them in an 19" plastic Stanley ($7) tool box (Lowes or WalMart). Spare tubes, special ends, etc. in the top tray.

If it were me I would check your owner's book or service book and find out what grease BMW says to use in your U-joints.
Also, Checkers has Lincoln grease guns for about $30.

MY greases:
Amsoil S2000 HD Racing Grease for wheel bearings
Amsoil HD Lithium-Complex with Moly for double-cardans
Mystic HD-6 "Red label" Lithium Complex for slide yokes and spiders.(Couldn't find SX-6).{brian fix got me interested in these. Check out the specs at the Citgo site and the Amsoil site.}

Some say use moly everywhere, some say use it no where, and so I follow Toyota specs instead. (Still don't understand why I can't use Moly in the slide yokes)
...Not knowing for sure what Calcium base general purpose grease I had been "incorrectly" using I reluctantly stayed away from using an Aluminum base grease with moly like Schaeffer's. Never got any feed back when trying to find out if Mystic 6 green label was the "wrong" kind of Calcium base that wouldn't mix with Aluminum. No problem mixing with the Lithium Complex like Toyota said to use so that's what I use now.

I'm not the true expert you need and deserve.
Hope you get better information in case I'm steering you wrong. Happy trails.

 

[BlazerLT]

Canadian tire has all these things you are asking for.

Needle and the works.

They have all kinds of grease there including synthetic Motormaster grease.