Lithium Grease
 

I was wonder if some "Super Tech Lithium-Complex Grease EP-2" would be safe to use in a metal gearbox?

My Mother bought some at Wal-Mart today but I wanna be sure if its ok or not, I hear people have used Pure White Lithium Grease, and I dont know the difference between grease's.

Thanks for your comment, tips, and time for reading my post. =]

If anyone has any questions, I could post the labels or take pics.

Read the label.

If it says anything about hydrosomething or CFC, don't use it.

well the labels arent really that direct, it just reads what its used for and that its water resistant. There is no indication on whats inside of it. Unless NLGI GC-LB means anything, but other than that for weird abreviations thats all.

If it's only to put on gears and bushings, go for it, it won't make it to any rubber parts (the main reason people say not to use any lube or grease with petroleum in it, because it'll eat the rubber over a couple years.)

Hell, I remmeber a thread started by Kokanee, where he said he swore by Schwinn (sp) Bicycle Bearing Grease in his mechboxes.

Lith-Ease from crappy tire. Comes in a tube.

Is what I use, $5 per tube, found in the garage door opener dept near automotive. I use it once in a while, often use GunSlick's Annhydrous Graphite lube, and also teflon grease.

I use Gunk (brand) white lithium grease all over the place, it's great (but use it sparingly or you do wind up with gunk).

I use teflon grease, too, namely for the inside of cylinders. That's about it.

I use high grade ceramic grease and pure silicon ultra light weight oil (ak Trinity Royal Oil)

Usually some heavy silicon oil for the cylinder/piston joint (somewhere around 200-300K)

*edit*

Forgot to say that it is because I have these handy. I work in an hobby shop.

Hey Kos Mos?,Is that the same silicon oil used in the gbb's?.
The reason I ask is,I'll be working on my hop-up on my aeg,
since I had it open,why not lube up the piston.

No it is not.

The heavy weight is soo thick it takes about 3 minutes for the air bubble to move up. (bubble is about 1/2" wide) in the 2" tube

So you wouldn't recommend it GBB silicon then,too light?.

GBB silicon is some light weight oil. It will work for the first hours, after that, it will have dripped away.

Heavy weight will stay in place a lot more, and since the space is very limited between the piston head/cylinder, the dripping would occur after 2-3 years of innactivity.

Grease
 

The Tamiya grease you find at hobby stores are nice as well. They come in 2 forms, ceramic and molybdeum, and they cost like $7-10 a tube.