steveo3002 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 been restoring a pair of hydraulic nut splitters , the orig grease was almost waxy thick so i refilled with general purpose wheel bearing stuff and its too thin , pushes past the seals whats the thickest stuff i can grab localy and cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Grease viscosity is graded by the NLGI number, most general purpose greases are NLGI 1 or 2. Buying other grades will require either googling a specialist supplier or getting lucky and having a decent oil and lubricant vendor near you. Chart courtesy of some grease fondler on wikipedia. If grease is getting past a hydraulic seal the seal's fucked though. Sigmund Fraud, forddeliveryboy, The Moog and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 That's a handy geeky chart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Avoid the one with the consistency of peanut butter (unless it's the smooth variety). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Some 2CVers swear by marine grease to get the kingpins through the MOT. Maybe I need to try that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 whats the thickest stuff i can grab localy and cheap Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Looking at that chart you should start by filling it with frozen yogurt and if that doesn't work try a nice liver pate followed by a bit of cheddar. Once you have eaten all the left overs, washed down with a nice full bodied red wine, pop over to France to buy a new pair of bolt croppers for about 11 eurothingies which is man enough to cut through padlocks that you have lost the keys for and you can restock with wine, cheese, pate and yogurt whilst you are there. forddeliveryboy, mat_the_cat and UltraWomble 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo3002 Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 when i say seals its just a metal plunger in a hole... was near cheese that came out tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I have a tube of JCB grease in my garage, collected it when an old friend died. I have no idea the viscosity and can't be arsed to go out to the garage and have a look, but you're welcome to it if it would help. If it sounds possible I will get my act together and look, yours for postage or collect Hampshire. steveo3002 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 What exactly is the grease doing? A pic of the implement would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I'd respectfully suggest maybe the old stuff was like cheese because it was very old and dried out, rather than being a specially high viscosity originally. Well perhaps anyway. PhillipM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo3002 Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 stole a pic off google.... bolt works like a plunger to push down a snug fitting metal rod with a nylon bush at one end ...with grease between bolt and plunger to crack the bolts old grease was i spose like lard from the fridge kinda texture can get own pics in morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo3002 Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 I'd respectfully suggest maybe the old stuff was like cheese because it was very old and dried out, rather than being a specially high viscosity originally. Well perhaps anyway. yeah assumed so when i was digging it out ...ive got 2 of the spliiters the good one worked with no seepage but as i had to repair one i thought id be clever and redo both lol , now theyre dud didnt need to split any nuts anyway lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VOM Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I'm still trying to get past the Finbarr Saunders level of "worked ( 60 strokes ) penetration at 25C". Sigmund Fraud and chodweaver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Chart courtesy of some grease fondler on wikipedia.This made me chortle rather too loudly at work. No-one believes I am working now. Which I am not, but that's not the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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