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Linda & Kirby Karlsson (Linda4104fl)
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Username: Linda4104fl
Post Number: 9
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 68.30.207.54
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2007 - 9:26 pm: | |
Maybe someone out there can help me. I attended the Bus'N USA event (www.busnusa.com) out in Oregon last summer where I met a very knowledgeable gentleman with an MCI-7 with a 50-series Detroit. He told me of a synthetic lubricant for wheel hubs; he referred to it as "liquid grease" -- very expensive, he said, but very good. I can't remember the name of the product he mentioned (my memory isn't as good as it used to be, nor is my micrometer eye) but I did a Google search for "liquid grease" and the hits I got did not appear to be the product he told me about.
I'm wondering if anyone on the Board has any info about such a product.
Kirby Karlsson
GM-4104
Hollywood, FL |
Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
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Post Number: 21
Registered: 8-2006
Posted From: 74.33.45.29
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2007 - 10:01 pm: | |
Linda it is called neo lube about 80 bucks a gallon that what i use in my Eagle are you and kirby coming back this year |
Linda & Kirby Karlsson (Linda4104fl)
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Username: Linda4104fl
Post Number: 10
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 70.8.80.123
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2007 - 10:24 pm: | |
Well, for no particular reason, we seem to make it out west of the Mississippi on even years and cruise around the eastern half of the US on the odd years. So we won't get out to Oregon this coming summer. Thanks for the info on the neo lube. Kirby |
john w. roan (Chessie4905)
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Username: Chessie4905
Post Number: 487
Registered: 10-2003
Posted From: 71.58.117.21
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 9:56 am: | |
ExxonMobil also makes this semi-fluid grease, which is what I use, instead of oil in my hubs. There was an article in Commercial Carrier magazine about how many trucking companies were getting away from oiled hubs, because a leaking wheel will cause a truck to fail a roadside DOT inspection. They went to a synthetic semifluid grease instead. I use Mobilith SHC460. It is avaliable in runnier versions also, depending on which one you want. You should be able to access information on the web. Personally, I won't use oiled hubs, as one leak will ruin the lining and lower braking action, till it is repaired. The synthetic grease doesn't get stiffer when cold, so you get almost the same benefit as oil. You need to experience a leaking hub, with oil soaked lining and brake drum out on the road to appreciate this.I know, some have NEVER had one leak in 1 billion miles, but to each his own. Anyway this is what I use; hope it helps. |
Linda & Kirby Karlsson (Linda4104fl)
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Username: Linda4104fl
Post Number: 11
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 70.8.174.47
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 2:31 pm: | |
Yes, that's the name of the stuff the guy was telling me about and I couldn't remember it -- thanks! You're right... there we were (last summer) 3,000 miles from the house in Washington and I could smell it. I looked at the inside of the wheel and it was absolutely covered in Lucas Hub Oil, which I will never use again. And I had the oil seals professionally installed with the proper tool; I bought the see-through covers; and there I was with great disappointment.
And of course the local heavy truck repair facility had no idea where to get a new seal, nor would he have had the proper tool to install it with. So, the repair facility hand-packed the bearing and the hub, and reinstalled the old oil seal, and it made it back to Florida okay. So thanks very much; I'm sure that's the product I was looking for.
Kirby |
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