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Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: beemer on January 10, 2009, 05:50:39 AM

Title: Steering bearing grease?
Post by: beemer on January 10, 2009, 05:50:39 AM

What's the best type of grease to use on my 65ls steering bearings?thanks.

Title: Re: Steering bearing grease?
Post by: montmil on January 10, 2009, 09:29:00 AM

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What's the best type of grease to use on my 65ls steering bearings?thanks.

I've used the same bucket 'o grease as goes into my R65s wheel bearings.   Monte

Title: Re: Steering bearing grease?
Post by: MrRiden on January 10, 2009, 10:33:25 AM

A general purpose wheel bearing grease will do the trick and you have many to choose from. I've seen spray on grease, moly grease in little packets, silicone grease, and grease with some sort of fibers in it (plumbers grease perhaps?) avoid these. An inexpensive tub of "wheel bearing grease" lasts a long time and works well.
rich

Title: Re: Steering bearing grease?
Post by: beemer on January 10, 2009, 02:51:08 PM

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A general purpose wheel bearing grease will do the trick and you have many to choose from. I've seen spray on grease, moly grease in little packets, silicone grease, and grease with some sort of fibers in it (plumbers grease perhaps?) avoid these. An inexpensive tub of "wheel bearing grease" lasts a long time and works well.
rich

Thanks,just wondering if you guys used anything in particular,but i have wheel bearing grease so all should be fine,cheers,J.

Title: Re: Steering bearing grease?
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on January 10, 2009, 06:23:27 PM

Pack it in good!

(spray-on grease?...)

Title: Re: Steering bearing grease?
Post by: Justin B. on January 10, 2009, 07:16:47 PM

I have pretty much standardized (for about the past 15 years anyway)all of my bearing lubing on Valvoline Semi-Synthetic wheel bearing grease.  Although I don't have any quantitative proof I feel it doesn't "dry out" as quick as the regular dino stuff.  I may experiment on the Junkyard LS and use a fully synthetic grease in the head and swingarm bearings as it most likely will sit more than it's ridden.

Title: Re: Steering bearing grease?
Post by: MrRiden on January 11, 2009, 10:32:48 AM

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(spray-on grease?...)

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Title: Re: Steering bearing grease?
Post by: Semper Gumby on January 11, 2009, 09:44:29 PM

Any good NLGI2 type wheel bearing grease.  Valvolene, Belray,.......

Title: Re: Steering bearing grease?
Post by: chopper_harris on January 15, 2009, 08:02:26 PM

The spray stuff is quite expensive if used in in any quantity.

You want a 1kg tub of white LM (Lithium, Medium) grease.

I use Comma, widely available in UK from trade motor factors.


Castrol LM has been around for 50 years, or more - it does exactly what it says on the tin  ;)

Title: Re: Steering bearing grease?
Post by: nhmaf on January 15, 2009, 09:21:48 PM

I use wheel bearing grease in my steering head, swingarm, and wheel bearings.  The spray-on white lithium stuff is pretty thin and will dry out to a chalky, tacky film after a while.
I do use the spray on white stuff, primarily for bicycle chain lube (where it gets cleaned/replaced regulalrly) and as an anti-rust protector on exposed metal ball joints, etc on my tractor's 3pt hitch and implements, etc.