Looking for an all around grease for truck front end along with mower deck spindles.
This is next in the tube but in concerned with the heat factor for the spindles. Also I don't see this on the actual Valvoline site anymore but see it for sale. Is it just new old stock being sold?




If that's not good to go, one of these?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000IG...R8JZWYKA7CBCMP

Or

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000CQ...CMHDEYE8GGMH4E

Thanks for the patience. Read everything I could including compatibility charts and still wanted to ask. Thx.

Doc

 

Anyone? Or am i overthinking?

 

Speaking as some who recently spent well over $200 and time scattered over two months cogitating how or if an F-Series instrument cluster could be successfully transplanted into an E-Series "overthinking" is a relative term.

I would think any of your choices would work fine for general use including front suspension service. I've always avoided all the uber-exotic expensive greases unless there's a very specific requirement just one type of is suitable for something, not using the recommended product or type being nothing but problematic for the whatever I'm working on at the time.

Because I need only to lube my front suspension I use a Plews 30132 mini grease gun and the smaller refill cartridges available. NAPA's general grease completes that tool so am good to go from there.

HTH

PS: There might be a support group for us overthinkers---I'll get back to ya on that!

 

LOL. Thx. Overthinking oil has a site already but they don't talk much about grease.
BITOG

 

BITOG---THE site to learn and know everything we never suspected we should know or learn about motor oil---they take overthinking to a whole 'nother level.

Interesting site if only to see the passion some put into a product we all take for granted so often.

 

When I got back from my second tour overseas and lived at my mother-in-law's, I took three months off of work and essentially lived on that site. Talk about obsessing with finding oil on sale and stocking up as if the world was coming to an end LOL

My recent return to that site scored me 45 quarts of 10W-40 that I will probably never be able to use in any vehicle I own.

 

I use that Valvoline VV643. Even on my backhoe.
We'll use 45+ qts when changing the oil on our stable.

 

When you say "front end", what exactly do you mean? As far as I know, the only zerk fittings on the front end of my truck are on the U joints. I am currently trying to find out what grease is specified for their use.


Ford specifies Motorcraft XG-11 WSS-M1C267-A1 for the spindle bearings. None of the greases you have listed meet this standard.

 

My U joints don't have any grease fittings. My moog tie rod ends, steering linkage and ball joints do.

And the first one I listed claims the following specifically for ford


Valvoline's Moly-Fortified Multi-Purpose Grease/Ford - Formulated for extreme-pressure protection. This superior general grease is fortified with molybdenum disulfide to provide excellent extreme-pressure and anti-wear protection for disc-brake wheel bearings, chassis, suspension and universal joints.Have techical questions, please feel free to call our Tech Service # 1-800-TeamVal

 

Gotcha.
I've been trying to identify the proper grease for the U-joints. My owner's manual specifies how often to lube them, but not what to lube them with. The XG-11 is the only grease identified in the manual, but it doesn't specifically list the U-joints.
However, the Fordparts.com site lists only one grease, which claims the following:

Motorcraft® Premium Long-Life Grease

• Premium lubricant for Ford and Lincoln vehicles
• Use on chassis, ball joints, U-joints, wheel bearings, brake self-adjusting screws and steering gear
• Resists washout and component wear under extreme pressure
• Fights rust, abrasion and high-temperature breakdown
• Contains high-density polyethylene and molybdenum disulfide
• 275°F (135°C) upper temperature limit; 350°F (177°C) dropping point
• NLGI Grade #2
• Recommended by Ford Motor Company
• Available in 14-oz. tubes or 120-lb. containers

These are clearly two very different greases, though they are both NLGI #2.
Ultimately, since your fittings are Moog, that's who I would check with for lubricant requirements.

 

Moog doesn't say much

Greasing chassis parts helps them last longer - MOOG

or best results, MOOG engineers recommend that a premium heavy-duty lithium or synthetic grease be used.

 

In that case, I'd go with that Valvoline VV985 SynPower Synthetic Grease you listed in your original post.
The Lucas stuff doesn't list any of it's ingredients so I would just skip it.

 

I don't see how this would be incorrect for any application. Appreciate your post.