Re: grease

[Bill <Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've heard good things about the "long fibre" stuff, I've just always
used a name brand ultra high temp HD wheel bearing grease and have had
no pre-mature wearouts. I figure if a grease can handle the stresses a
wheel bearing would put on it, then suspension is no problem.

Bill M
65 Coronet 500 'vert

On Nov 18, 2007 12:57 PM, Butch Edison <waedison1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I saw some discussion awhile back about long fibre grease, what is it, where
> can you get it? In the June 2007 Mopar Action magazine, Tech Topics, page
> 91, Rick Ehrenberg talks about long fibre grease. He describes it as "a long
> fibre barium-based grease with a consistency and stringiness not unlike
> mozzarella", says to use it on suspension and steering parts for Mopar
> muscle car era cars, especially those with aftermarket parts. Mopar has made
> some of the grease, but he cautions that your dealer may require you to buy
> a case, cause no one else is going to want it. He also encourages the reader
> to 'get it while you can'.
>
> The Mopar part number is 4897841AA. I called my dealer's parts department
> and sure enough, they would have to order it and would only sell it to me by
> the case, but they did tell me that a dealer in a neighboring town had 14
> tubes on their shelves, so I picked up a few.
>
> /Butch Edison/ Ferndale, WA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard [mailto:cathiew@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 11:50 PM
> To: mopar forum
> Subject: grease
>
>
>
> hi, does it matter what type of grease you use on ball joints etc? just
> loaded my gun with a new tube labeled general grease, & noticed the old one
> said it was lithium based. whats the diff & does it matter? richard oz.
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