Help me Pick a Grease! - Wheel and Knuckle Bearings

[LevinBR]

I'm trying to pick a grease for wheel and knuckle bearings on my '89 BJ-73. I'm already placing an Amsoil order soon, so looking at their selection. I can't decide between these two lithium-based products:

Synthetic Polymeric Truck, Chassis, and Equipment Grease

&

High Viscosity Lithium Complex Synthetic Grease

The reason why I haven't been looking at their multi-purpose grease is because it is not lithium based.

Thanks!

 

[roscoFJ73]

Its not going to make much difference. They both look more than capable.

The Synthetic Polymeric grease is aimed at fleet operators and supposedly can keep working if a service interval is delayed.

The Lithium based grease is aimed at offroad applications and wet conditions among others, so it is probably the one.

Considering Landcruisers lasted a long time with old fashioned grease, both of them would probably be more than needed.
Doing the job regularly is more important.

 

[2fpower]

have you read chewbacca's thread? 14 pages of fun reading.....

Chewbacca's Birfield Grease Guide

Chewbacca's Birfield Grease List UPDATE 2023: Some new greases added. I will check to see if anything in the list is unavailable. Okay... so there are some scattered posts on which greases are appropriate for the Birfield joints on the 80 series Cruisers, so here is a list of some greases I...

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[LevinBR]

have you read chewbacca's thread? 14 pages of fun reading.....

Chewbacca's Birfield Grease Guide

Chewbacca's Birfield Grease List UPDATE 2023: Some new greases added. I will check to see if anything in the list is unavailable. Okay... so there are some scattered posts on which greases are appropriate for the Birfield joints on the 80 series Cruisers, so here is a list of some greases I...

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I'll check it out, thanks! I've already decided on birfield grease (Amsoil 5% moly NLGI 2), so it's mainly the bearing grease I'm debating. The old Toyota chassis service manual says to use the same (moly grease) for everything, but these days it seems folks are using different grease for the bearings - usually lithium based.

It may not be a bad call to go with Amsoil's multi-purpose grease, after all. As mentioned, it's not lithium based, but perhaps its calcium sulfonate base is more than adequate? We've made a lot of advancement with lubricants in 30 years!!

 

[WarDamnEagle]

Mobil 1 makes a good all around synthetic grease for bearings that you can find at Walmart or just about any parts house. I'm sure the Amsoil synthetic multi-purpose would be fine as well.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

I use Molyslip grease for the knuckles and bearings. Never let me down.

 

[Honger]

have you read chewbacca's thread? 14 pages of fun reading.....

Chewbacca's Birfield Grease Guide

Chewbacca's Birfield Grease List UPDATE 2023: Some new greases added. I will check to see if anything in the list is unavailable. Okay... so there are some scattered posts on which greases are appropriate for the Birfield joints on the 80 series Cruisers, so here is a list of some greases I...

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This is exactly the type of thread I need... love nerdy tech on minutiae like this.

I use Mobil 1 synthetic for my bearings and CAT Desert Gold Moly for the birfs.

 

[Felde]

Hi all
I'm due for the knuckle job on my BJ73.
Can anybody please advice on the amount of grease needed per knuckle / side?
Thank you.
Best regards Ralf

 

[LevinBR]

Hi all
I'm due for the knuckle job on my BJ73.
Can anybody please advice on the amount of grease needed per knuckle / side?
Thank you.
Best regards Ralf

I used ~ 2 tubes of 5% moly per birf/knuckle. Get one extra to be safe

For bearing grease, I probably used 1 tube total for the front end but I'm a bit fuzzy on that.

 

[MyCruiserisaHogBeast]

Any decent Moly Grease will keep you going for far beyond whatever the Toyota service interval is on these axles unless you break something or get water in it.

 

[Slammer61]

A great option for birfield joins is John Deere's Moly fortified Calcium Sulfonate grease. It has 5% moly-disulfide and Calcium Sulfonate based greases are a notch above Lithium based greases (higher drop point, more extreme pressure tolerant, better anti-oxidation properties). Nothing wrong with a lithium base but calcium sulfonate is a step up. Runs about $10 a 14oz. tube.