Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

While being less tensacious than a wet grease, I'm planning to try using Dry grease on the following

Chute Collar/Base
Chute Deflector

It's not the salt that I'm concerned about...just the sand...and bearing this area is more exposed
than sealed, I'm thinking Dry is the way to go. I've used Dry Lubes on Chains for years and in the bike world, Dry lube is the leader of where these lubes are at.....

No worries. I am slowly learning to be judicial when it comes to lubricants.
Well, not really....

I am sensative enough to feel the different viscosity of ATF fluid and the effect it has on the steering rack.......
I have gone through 5 different Dex 3 forumulations till I found the ~right one~...

But I have stopped doing oil analysis for the last 2 years as I was just throwing money into the wind on that.
While it was great to have metrics, I'm not a tribologist at heart.

My understanding is a dry grease is that it is more liable to wear off from all the water.  Personally I prefer the Synthetic Grease Amsoil makes, they even make a Water Resistive Grease for things like the hubs on boat trailers, but I just go with their all purpose grease.  I have an M-14 rifle that requires mil spec grease, and the amsoil grease worked great.  I managed to download the military specification for the grease they say to use, and sent a copy to Amsoil for evaluation.  They said the mil-spec had a slightly higher water resistance specified, but otherwise the synthetic exceeded all the other requirements.  If I was in a rice paddy trying to keep it ready to fire, that might make a difference but for me, it didn't matter.  I figgure a snow blower's gotta be a slam dunk for that grease. 

One of my standing instructions to all car dealers and shops who work on my vehicles is Never, ever Spray Lithium Gease on anything.  Two weeks later it's a cracked hard substance useless to whatever they aimed at, only it's now got grit, sand, dirt and bugs embedded in it.  Car door Jambs are a real pain to clean of this useless material.  I spray penetrating oil on the door hinges once a month, so it actually gets into the hinge mating surfaces and does some lubricating.  On Hood hinges and trunk hinges I use Synthetic Spray grease that doesn't harden.  I also do something else no repair shop ever does, I wipe off all the overspray with a paper towel immediately so it doesn't attract grit, dirt, and bugs.  With the many excellent products available rto us why do they always manage to choose to use only the cheapest and worst stuff like the lithium spray dirt attractant ?  Want to see if that used car was owned by someone who cared about it, look at the door jambs,  if they're all full of dirt and crud around the hinges, move on.

NewYork -

Seems like we share similar thoughts on lubes.
FWIW, I love the Heavy Duty Amsoil Differential Gear Oils...and ATF.
I've yet to use SSO, etc....I've got other oils I like already.....


Wurth HHS oil is great. It sprays and creeps in like a oil, but when it drys, it drys to a light grease.
I use this along on the door hinges, trunk stops, etc...

I like Superlube as a general purpose grease. Marine/weather resistent and for exposed applications, IME, it doesn't attract much dirt, dust, grime.
My go-to grease gun Grease is generally Redline CV2.
Once I settle in on a product I like, it's pretty easy choosing what I have on the shelf....

Never been a fan of lithium. Tons of better stuff out there.
Can't fault those who use them though. Some just don't know any better or are aware of the different lubes out there.

I'm currently in the midst of 2 R&R older snowblowers and the 1st thing I did was citrius wash, with a commercial grade steam cleaner.
I still needed to use the pick to get out the white lithium on certain other areas....I just hate that white stuff...