OT greasy question for Griff

[J Miller]

Griff,

How thick and gooey is 5th wheel grease? Where can I get some?

Joe

[Nate C.]

A. Pretty darn thick and gooey.
B. You can get it off of most any 5th wheel!

[Rusty]

It's nothing special Joe. It's the same grease that comes in the tubes that would normally go in a handheld grease gun except the shops buy it in 35 gal barrels. Chevron makes a blue grease that is pretty close to the color of Apache blue lube. That's the grease our shop uses.

[Griff]

I direct your attention to the data sheet for EP2 grease.

http://www.timken.com/en-us/.../timken_ ... se_eng.pdf

[J Miller]

I direct your attention to the data sheet for EP2 grease.

http://www.timken.com/en-us/.../timken_ ... se_eng.pdf

Griff,
Tried to go to the link, this is what I got:

The page cannot be found
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HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
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[awp101]

Griff,
Tried to go to the link, this is what I got:

The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

Please try the following:

* Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly.
* If you reached this page by clicking a link, contact the Web site administrator to alert them that the link is incorrectly formatted.
* Click the Back button to try another link.

HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
Internet Information Services (IIS)

Technical Information (for support personnel)

* Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 404.
* Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Web Site Setup, Common Administrative Tasks, and About Custom Error Messages.

[Griff]

Ok, now then try this one:
http://www.timken.com/en-us/products/lu ... se_eng.pdf

[J Miller]

OK, so I read all that good stuff. But for the most part I don't know what I'm reading so I still don't know how thick and gooey it is.

No big deal.

Joe

[20cows]

Joe, it looks like you're just talking axle grease.

Pretty thick and gooey.

[J Miller]

OK. Amber axle grease then.

Joe

[20cows]

I don't know that it has to be amber. That particular one was, but I think the pink stuff is used as well.

[J Miller]

Oh heck, I just said amber cos the word appeared somewhere in that spec sheet. Could be lime green for all I care

Joe

[20cows]

The pink might clash with your shoes.

[J Miller]

The pink might clash with your shoes.

You think if I mixed it with bees wax and made bullet lube with it my targets would laugh at my sissy bullets?

Joe

[20cows]

Has anybody tried straight axle grease?

[J Miller]

I use straight wheel bearing grease on a couple places of my single actions. But not as bullet lube. I think it would be too soft and runny.

Joe

[20cows]

That spec sheet said it had to get pretty hot to drip.

[awp101]

Has anybody tried straight axle grease?

I didn't know straight axles took a different kind of grease?





Not a true "straight axle" but I sure like this Olds...