Curious, what parts do you guys grease on a car and do you use good ole wheel bearing grease or specialized greases too?
What parts do you grease on a car?
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I don't think there is anything I grease on any of my cars. Even on door and hood hinges I use a spray lubricant rather than grease.
Valvoline Ford grease.Other than 6-8 zerks on the Rat, I use grease on hubs and and lugs. Wheel bearing grease on any sealed bearing I can get into without ruining.
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Wheel bearing grease on any sealed bearing I can get into without ruining.
How do you do it? Like apply sparingly from outside or?
Wheel bearing grease on any sealed bearing I can get into without ruining.
How do you do it? Like apply sparingly from outside or?
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I once saw neverseize painted on the spots that limit steering travel under a car.
Apart from wheel bearings and suspension points, I'll use a lower grade grease. I keep a small tub of grease and a brush for general purposes.
Apart from wheel bearings and suspension points, I'll use a lower grade grease. I keep a small tub of grease and a brush for general purposes.
What about battery terminals? Silicone spray or lithium or grease?
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What about battery terminals? Silicone spray or lithium or grease?
Fluid film, but I believe that its also over kill (though I do it myself).
What about battery terminals? Silicone spray or lithium or grease?
Fluid film, but I believe that its also over kill (though I do it myself).
Lugnuts ...
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Lugnuts ...
Do you use anti-seize or just bearing grease?
Lugnuts ...
Do you use anti-seize or just bearing grease?
Brake caliper sliding pins
Maybe back of the brake pad if they don't have shim
Maybe back of the brake pad if they don't have shim
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I wouldn't grease lug nuts. Torque specs are typically for clean and dry threads; lubing them will almost certainly lead to over-torquing. If studs break because of corrosion and DT's over-torquing, they get replaced. I have zerks on my truck's tie-rod ends, and ball joints, but nowhere on my three passenger cars. The only other place that gets greased regularly is my trailer ball just before it's used for a towing task.
The farmer next door had tractor attachments and many tow balls.
He was strictly a bare metal guy.
He was strictly a bare metal guy.
Zerks.
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Originally Posted By: Miller88
Lugnuts ...
Do you use anti-seize or just bearing grease?
Both. Depends on what I have
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Lugnuts ...
Do you use anti-seize or just bearing grease?
Both. Depends on what I have
Ive been greasing hubs and lugs for over 30yrs. Ever since I had to drive the LTD in figure 8s to break the wheels loose from the hubs. I'm more worried about being able to change a tire than I am about losing one. I also use the tool that I'd be using to change it.
Both of my cars have many alemite fittings and i grease them every 6 months with schaeffer's.
Both of my cars have many alemite fittings and i grease them every 6 months with schaeffer's.
Our 2015 Sonic & 2006 Lacrosse do not , to my knowledge , have grease zerks for the traditional suspension parts .
As I have stated in another thread , P B Blaster for door hinges ( may use synthetic motor oil in the future ) . What ever oil or grease is handy on lug bolts / studs .
I do not know of anything else that I grease .
As I have stated in another thread , P B Blaster for door hinges ( may use synthetic motor oil in the future ) . What ever oil or grease is handy on lug bolts / studs .
I do not know of anything else that I grease .
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