Redline grease

[david1693]

Hello gang:
Looking for your thoughts and experience with Redline CV-2 grease. Looks good on paper but kinda pricey. I dont mind spending the money if i get something for it. Thanks for your time and anticipated info... david

 

[Rob_Roy]

What is your application?

 

[JHZR2]

+1

 

[david1693]

Wheel bearings, throw out bearing, etc...Like the wide temperature range advertised.
Should of had this in first post, apologies...

 

[EricF]

I'm using it on the wheel bearings on my 93 ranger 4x4.
So far.. haven't heard anything scraping or squeaking.
in 10k more miles I'll be tearing into it for another repacking/inspection.
I went 5 years with valvoline synpower grease and when I took the bearings out for the brake job the bearings were on the dry side, but they had no scrapes or burrs. I could've re-used them but alas.. they're backups now!
You can't go wrong with Redline's products.

 

[190E26FTW]

I just used it in my Mercedes front inner and outer wheel bearings. So far so good.

 

[Rob_Roy]

It is certainly up to the tasks you have in mind. Cost per tube matters little since you are using a small quantity. If you said you were greasing a fleet of Caterpillar excavators I would feel differently.

One thing worth mentioning, the CV-2 grease does not use a run-of-the-mill thickener, I believe it is a sodium or silica based thickener. Whatever it is, make sure you remove (or purge)the old grease before installing it to avoid compatibility issues.

 

[Ben99GT]

I've been running CV-2 in my upper lower ball-joints for almost 2 years, U-joints and wheel bearings for over a year (over 20K), and in my idler arm, pitman arm, and tie rod ends for almost a year.

The grease doesn't bleed its oil out in chassis lubrication, it's a very durable grease suitable for use almost anywhere on the car. No issues even with needle bearings.

 

[Ben99GT]

Originally Posted By: Rob_Roy
One thing worth mentioning, the CV-2 grease does not use a run-of-the-mill thickener, I believe it is a sodium or silica based thickener.


Calcium sulfonate, so it's best used to grease new or thoroughly cleaned parts IMO. It's probably not the best choice to grease up those old tie rod ends or idler arms.

 

[engineerscott]

Originally Posted By: Ben99GT
Originally Posted By: Rob_Roy
One thing worth mentioning, the CV-2 grease does not use a run-of-the-mill thickener, I believe it is a sodium or silica based thickener.


Calcium sulfonate, so it's best used to grease new or thoroughly cleaned parts IMO. It's probably not the best choice to grease up those old tie rod ends or idler arms.



Just out of curiosity, why do you think that Redline CV-2 isn't appropriate for tie rod ends and idler arms? Just compatibility issues with the old grease or are there other issues that concern you? Just trying to learn something.

 

[Ben99GT]

Originally Posted By: engineerscott
Originally Posted By: Ben99GT
Originally Posted By: Rob_Roy
One thing worth mentioning, the CV-2 grease does not use a run-of-the-mill thickener, I believe it is a sodium or silica based thickener.


Calcium sulfonate, so it's best used to grease new or thoroughly cleaned parts IMO. It's probably not the best choice to grease up those old tie rod ends or idler arms.



Just out of curiosity, why do you think that Redline CV-2 isn't appropriate for tie rod ends and idler arms? Just compatibility issues with the old grease or are there other issues that concern you? Just trying to learn something.


I'd be worried about compatibility issues with the existing grease since with the parts/boots installed you'd have a hard time pushing all of the old grease out. I use Red Line CV-2 in my tie rod ends, ball joints, pitman arm and idler arms, but I made sure to flush out all of the assembly grease (with the boots off) before I installed the new parts.

 

[engineerscott]

Originally Posted By: Ben99GT

I'd be worried about compatibility issues with the existing grease since with the parts/boots installed you'd have a hard time pushing all of the old grease out. I use Red Line CV-2 in my tie rod ends, ball joints, pitman arm and idler arms, but I made sure to flush out all of the assembly grease (with the boots off) before I installed the new parts.


Got you. I recognized the issue of compatibility but I wanted to make sure that there was not some other functionality issue that you were concerned about. Like you my use in these areas would be in newly installed parts and my intention was to flush out the factory grease and fill with CV-2 prior to installing them.

Thanks,

 

[bruce381]

""One thing worth mentioning, the CV-2 grease does not use a run-of-the-mill thickener, I believe it is a sodium or silica based thickener. Whatever it is, make sure you remove (or purge)the old grease before installing it to avoid compatibility issues.""

Correctamundo

Also is NOT a CA sulfonate
bruce

 

[Ben99GT]

Originally Posted By: bruce381
""One thing worth mentioning, the CV-2 grease does not use a run-of-the-mill thickener, I believe it is a sodium or silica based thickener. Whatever it is, make sure you remove (or purge)the old grease before installing it to avoid compatibility issues.""

Correctamundo

Also is NOT a CA sulfonate
bruce


Dave at Red Line told me via e-mail that it is calcium sulfonate. It says right on the back of the tube "Thickener........Non-Soap Calcium".

 

[Ben99GT]

Here's my e-mail from David Granquist @ Red Line:

Quote:
Benjamin,

...The base of the CV-2 is a calcium sulfonate, I would consider it a very good all purpose “universal” grease, suitable for various grease applications.

Glad to hear it is performing well.

Regards, Dave
Red Line Oil

 

[KenO]

A bit of an old thread, but I know of more than a couple race teams that have switched from w/e grease came in OEM BMW wheel bearings to Redline grease, and get significantly longer service life. No more wheel bearing failures in their endurance cars.