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What grease?

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I know there is a couple of topics regarding this but they don't quite answer my question

I'm doing the manual locking hub conversion on my landcruiser prado and having a bit of trouble deciding what grease to use with my new wheel bearings.I see marine grade is probley the best as i will be doing the odd water crossing,But most of the marine grade greases i find are designed for trailor bearings and don't state vehicles.Is this the type? and where should i buy some?repco and supercheap didn't seem to stock much
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Cant help on what type but ive found the Butlers on Stammore Rd have a good selection of grease...i got some rubbergrease there a cpl of weeks ago...wasnt able to find it anywhere else
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I use CV grease from BNT in my hubs, i've heard marine grease is too thick and heats up too much when used at high speed
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Ok thanks for the info.
Alltho i don't think my prado has a "high speed" option :lol:
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EP2
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I don't think you should have to worry about waterproof grease, water shouldn't be in there anyway :wink:
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mudlva wrote:EP2


If that's the sticky orange one then that's what I use for almost everything. A little bit dearer but well worth the money.
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yep the sticky orange stuff all right

gets everywhere when you do maintanance afterwards but well worth the affort
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who makes the EP2 Grease please?
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mudlva wrote:yep the sticky orange stuff all right

gets everywhere when you do maintanance afterwards but well worth the affort
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i get mine from repco
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philipw wrote:who makes the EP2 Grease please?
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mudlva wrote:yep the sticky orange stuff all right

gets everywhere when you do maintanance afterwards but well worth the affort


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EP2 is just a classification of grease and most manufacturers make it, there may be small variances between them such as the Moreys MOREYS MOLY COMPLEX EP2 GREASE which has 3% molybdenum disulphide for protection against sliding friction wear, but Moreys also do another EP2 called MOREY’S SUPER RED
Premium EP2 Waterproof Grease

http://www.moreyoil.co.nz/productPDFs/Tech-Super%20Red%20Grease%2001%20August%202010.pdf

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