Originally Posted by
buddyp
wow, actual useful information in a thread on grease on BF!!!
my head asplode
if you are the kind of person that loves actual technical detail like this I'd suggest you head over to bobistheoilguy.com and check out the grease forum there.
Even though I'm a member at bobistheoilguy.com, I usually hang around the oil forums. Not many do an oil analysis on grease. Besides, you would be hard pressed to beat the performance of Mystic JT-6 (the regular formula in the green tube, not the high temp grease) and it's readily available locally, like at Wal*Mart. Plus it won't wash out like other greases, and that includes some "marine greases"...a favorite with boat trailer owners that routinely submerge their trailers to launch their boats...and has a Timken OK load rating in excess of 55 pounds.
Schaeffer grease was a long time favorite at BTOG. Aluminum Complex greases take longer to make than other grease types (up to 5 days). Lithium Complex grease technology has virtually caught up and is cheaper and easier to find locally. I still use Schaeffer #274 NLGI #2 synthetic grease, but it's a pain to buy single tubes online. In NLGI #1, #274 would be good for a bicycle application...a lighter grease that doesn't wash out. That being said, a NLGI #1.5 grease or a NLGI #2 grease that's on the low end of the NLGI #2 range would be an excellent all season bicycle grease and #1.5 grease is usually used in high performance and racing skate, roller blade, karting, etc etc events. Slick 50 One Grease is one example of a NLGI #2 rated grease on the low viscosity side, very close to being a NLGI #1.5 grease...but with Slick 50 One grease, you will have to grease more often, so Mystic JT-6 has it beat.