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Drive Shafts: Two Types of Grease?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by ral-fake-scoup, Apr 29, 2016.

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  1. Apr 26, 2022 at 9:07 AM
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    It depends on the mower and type.

    2 of our mower have spindles that can be greased. 3 of them have wheel bearing that are greasable.

    The JD Lawn tractor is hydraulic power steering and has greasable steering joints. It also has a driveshaft that is greasable. It doesn’t use a belt to turn the HydroTrans. It’s shaft driven. And the foot control pivot points are also greasable.
     
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  2. Apr 26, 2022 at 10:17 AM
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    I agree, used to buy mobil 1 red exclusively, but got sick of cleaning up the drips out of the grease gun from separation. Seems to drip a lot more than any other grease ive tried. That said, i cant contribute any failure due to the mobil 1. As others have said, use what you have, but USE IT
    I now use gray valvoline syn with moly in just about everything. no separation yet ive seen over a couple years.
     
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  3. Apr 26, 2022 at 10:24 AM
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    yeah my 3 blade Husq mower has a zerk on each spindle, important to keep those topped.
     
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    If you ever pull the spindle apart. Don’t be surprised if the bearings are sealed/shielded. To be honest, My experience is that the life span on greasable and non-greasable are the same. I’ve even try balancing the blades really really good. It didn’t make a difference.
     
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  5. Apr 26, 2022 at 11:13 AM
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    Do you mean are you doing something wrong....because it won't spin with the tires on the ground? No, that's a good thing. If it does, something's broke.

    ETA - I did see the "in neutral" part too....but still. Just because the transmission would (in theory) let the shaft spin, don't mean the tires will. There is no "neutral" in the differential.
     
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    Is there any reason not to use Moly lube on all the U-joints?
     
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    Walmart Supertech Moly. Cheap and it works fine.
     
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  10. Aug 12, 2024 at 11:13 PM
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    Just replaced my Output Shaft Seal since I noticed it had a small leak of ATF and took advantage that the Slip Yoke had to come out.

    I saw several people use Ford Motorcraft PTFE Grease but my 2006 Toyota Manual states to use “Lithium base chassis grease, NLGI No.2 or Molybdenum-disulfide lithium base chassis grease, NLGI No.2” for the Slide Yoke

    based on this I used Mobil’s Synthetic Moly NLGI #2

    Has anyone else used a NGLI #2 grease for the Slip Yoke?
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