thickest off the shelf grease avail?

[steveo3002]

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

[somewhatfoolish]

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.

[twosmoke300]

That's a handy geeky chart

[martc]

Avoid the one with the consistency of peanut butter (unless it's the smooth variety).

[dollywobbler]

Some 2CVers swear by marine grease to get the kingpins through the MOT. Maybe I need to try that...

[UltraWomble]

 

 

whats the thickest stuff i can grab localy and cheap

[DSdriver]

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. 

[steveo3002]

when i say seals its just a metal plunger in a hole...

 

was near cheese that came out tbh

[lisbon_road]

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.

[somewhatfoolish]

What exactly is the grease doing? A pic of the implement would help.

[lisbon_road]

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.

[steveo3002]

 

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

[steveo3002]

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

[3VOM]

I'm still trying to get past the Finbarr Saunders level of "worked ( 60 strokes ) penetration at 25C".

[Talbot]

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.