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[nicksuth]

Model: Cooper MPi
Year:1998
What grease do you use in the CV Joint? is Castrol LM Grease okay to use?

Castrol MolyGrease any good?

Edited by nicksuth, 29 May 2009 - 08:28 PM.

[the.grizzle]

I used it and i seem to be ok after about 1000 miles... Actually i think its better than the grease they come with...

[nicksuth]

I used it and i seem to be ok after about 1000 miles... Actually i think its better than the grease they come with...

Yeh, I can't find any reference to it in the Rover or Haynes Manuals, just says............use tube of "special" grease!!! what's so special about it???

[mars red mike]

Havent tried the Castrol but have used this
http://www.halfords....tegoryId_165705

[nicksuth]

................Comma CV & Lith-Moly Grease 500G is a popular car maintenance grease that is designed to be used on Constant Velocity Joints & for multipurpose greasing.


That will be the "stuff" then!!! a combination of the two below???

Castrol LM Grease
Lithium based, high melting point grease, specifically designed as a wheel bearing grease for use over a wide range of temperatures. Also suitable for general purpose applications

Castrol Moly Grease
High melting point, lithium based grease containing molybdenum, providing dry lubrication under extreme operating conditions.
Ideally suited for the following applications; King pins and bushes, shackles and suspension trunnions, bevel worm and peg steering boxes

[icklemini]

I use straight moly grease... (the black smelly stuff...)

[jkjaxor]

yerp use molybdenum, the balck stuff same as above,
sticks well doesnt go too runny and lasts forever!

[Retro_10s]

Lithium grease is fine for things like radius arms, top arms door latch mechanisms and hinges. I've always used it as more of a general purpose grease.

Moly is much better for things like Pot joints + Wheel bearings, I'd never use Lithium on those parts.

[lrostoke]

Its interesting that what you are suggesting Retro is pretty much the opposite of the Castrol tech data posted in in Nicksluths message further up ??

Not having a dig, just an observation

[Retro_10s]

Ah hang on - I've just re-read the thread and will make it clearer what i use.....

I use the General purpose Lithium Grease on things like Radius arms etc - on my tub it doesn't say lithium moly which what you're talking about- just 'Lithium based general purpose grease'. (this is the yellow stuff)

And then on CV boots, and wheel bearings I've always used the Black stuff - which is what i call Moly grease.

No where on my Yellow Gen purpose grease does it claim to be good with 'High temperatures' etc like the Black Moly grease does.

The other thing to pick-up on here is that Nick is talking abot Castrol products - so I waltzed in with some useless info about A different brand... so ignore me

**crawls back to hole**

[lrostoke]

I just squirt Castrol LM in everything

Like it says its suitable for bearings and general purpose applications so seems to cover most things.

[Retro_10s]