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Re: White Lithium vs. "Strawberry Jam" grease
Sometimes, you gotta go to the source...
http://www.andymark.com/red-tacky-gr...-p/am-2768.htm It's described as raspberry jam in appearance by AM. (I suggest buying a LOT of packets, or something else that's heavier and would pack well with packets--don't want shipping to be more than your order!) |
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Re: White Lithium vs. "Strawberry Jam" grease
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http://lucasoil.com/products/grease/red-n-tacky-grease Amazon Home Depot Auto Zone IMO, the red tacky grease holds up a lot better than white lithium grease. I've gone entire seasons without re-greasing after assembling gearboxes with generous amounts of the red grease. |
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Re: White Lithium vs. "Strawberry Jam" grease
Do not mix them (probably). There are two kinds of white lithium greases, a spray-on form, and a paste form. The spray on kind will not function as intended, as it evaporates and leaves a film behind which is the lubricant. You may have better luck with the paste form of white lithium (comes in tubes, not cans), although my guess for that is only speculation.
Either way, it's almost always good form to remove previous lubrication when switching to a different kind. |
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Re: White Lithium vs. "Strawberry Jam" grease
You can go to any auto parts store and ask them for Red 'n Tacky grease if you'd rather stay with the same stuff.
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Re: White Lithium vs. "Strawberry Jam" grease
[Boston accent] Ah jus' throw some butta on it and quitcha whinin' [/Boston accent]
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Re: White Lithium vs. "Strawberry Jam" grease
a small tub of red grease from an auto parts store (or Walmart) is not very expensive, and will last a long time! And you can pack the wheel bearings in your trailer with it, too.
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Re: White Lithium vs. "Strawberry Jam" grease
There should be no problem mixing them, assuming the AM grease is indeed Lithium. This chart shows lithium grease types are compatible with each other, and should not have any problem being mixed.
http://www.machinerylubrication.com/...mixing-greases This being said, if you are still uncertain, used grease is used grease and cheap and you could replace it. |
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Re: White Lithium vs. "Strawberry Jam" grease
The cost of the used grease is not the issue. It's the time and effort required to thoroughly remove the used grease if it is chemically incompatible with the replacement grease.
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Re: White Lithium vs. "Strawberry Jam" grease
[quote=Ether;1634784]The cost of the used grease is not the issue. It's the time and effort required to thoroughly remove the used grease if it is chemically incompatible with the replacement grease.
Building drive trains has left me cleaning grease off of my hands multiple times. Cleaning grease out of a gearbox will not take any significant time. I had stated that it depends on your certainty level. You could go with the idea that "Red n Tacky is extremely similar therefore AM grease is most likely lithium based and compatible", or you could go on the safe end and clear out the gearbox and apply the new grease. |
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Clean the old grease off with isopropyl alcohol (with good ventilation): The 91% stuff is an excellent degreaser. That and a toothbrush will make short work of it. I can also speculate that mixing is harmless, but what if I'm wrong? |
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I found out many years later it did not end well. |
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423 has a tube of white lithium grease that we used to grease all our gearboxes. Some of those gearboxes were AndyMark gearboxes with Strawberry Jam grease still in them (some also had a green grease I can't identify). As far as I know, we never saw any reactions or interactions between the two (or three) greases. |
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