What grease for electric hub slip rings?

[GreatScot]

At the time I did my hubs+brushes I was able to get the light version from Amazon but at the moment they don't appear to stock it. There does seem to be some available in the UK on eBay though.

As to whether the medium variant is appropriate or not I'm afraid I can't help you.

Cheers!

Yeah it's a small fortune and a long wait to get them, as opposed to the off the shelf stuff available here....

Cheers anyway

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Hi there, I am looking to repair my brushes (HUB lock light is flashing intermittently) and I have been looking for the Molykote 44 Light but can only find the Molykote 44 Medium. Phoned a few stockists (based in the UK) and the light version isn't available. I am tempted to use the medium one since it's available. Do you think the consistency would make a difference?

If it doesn't then I will be forced to go down the manual route, which I intend to do when I rebuild the knuckles in a year or two, maybe longer... Would be nice to have the luxury of time to gather the parts for the manual conversion in the meantime...

Thanks mate

I'm sure that would be just fine.

If you can, just scrap the whole elec hub system and go with a manual hub system. Get spindles/hubs/freewheel assembly and all hardware from another solid axle toyota. 40/60/70 series landcruiser parts work, as do solid front axle pick-ups. Install it all with new bearings/seals.