rear wheel bearing grease

[Art Newland]

Finally making some progress getting my brakes put together, ready to put the bearings and seals in the rear hubs. Randy Gross recommends this grease for the rear (only) wheel bearings. Says that it's much less likely to get past the seal and on to all the new brake goodies. Any opinions? (silly question)

[SeaSlugs]

i dont see why not, like oils - anything nowadays is better than 80 years ago.

I used mystic JT6 red stringly clingy stuff, the AA rear wheel bearings take just about a 1lb can each...

[Art Newland]

Apparently grease like JT6 is for tapered bearings. Are AA rear wheel bearings like A?

[Bob C]

Originally Posted by Art Newland

Apparently grease like JT6 is for tapered bearings. Are AA rear wheel bearings like A?

Yes, just bigger.

Bob

[john in illinois]

The Staylube is a fibrous grease and works well with straight roller bearings. Supposedly the fibers get pulled under the rollers.

John

[ursus]

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What John in Illinois says mirrors what I have heard from many others. The old long-fiber greases hold up better in the rear wheel bearings than the newer high temp greases that are designed for close tolerance needle or tapered bearings. Several of the flathead V-8 guys that drive a lot of highway miles found this out the hard way.

[Pat Martone]

Please tell me where I can buy "Sta-Lube heavy duty brake drum grease"?
I want this precise product.
I find many similar products on sites like Amazon, but I want the correct product for my rear wheel bearings, but cannot find that green can pictured in the first entry on this subject. (I don't want to make the mistake of using Mobil One grease again - it ruined one of my rear wheel bearing races, and it was a long and painful process to take apart the rear differential "trumpet assembly" and get a replacement race pressed on.)
Thanks.

[CountrySquire55]

The Sta-Lube drum brake grease is what I use on my rear wheel bearings on my 1931 slant Town Sedan.

[The Master Cylinder]

Originally Posted by Art Newland

Randy Gross recommends this grease for the rear (only) wheel bearings.

Originally Posted by CountrySquire55

The Sta-Lube drum brake grease is what I use on my rear wheel bearings on my 1931 slant Town Sedan.

Why is this Sta-Lube Drum Brake grease recommended for the rear bearings only?

[History]

The shape of the two are different is what I understood? It stays on the flat roller better than a tapered one?

Does anyone know what the fiber is made of?

[The Master Cylinder]

Originally Posted by History

The shape of the two are different is what I understood? It stays on the flat roller better than a tapered one?

Does anyone know what the fiber is made of?

I hear what your saying that the bearings are different but on the can it says "Drum Brake Grease". It does not specify for flat roller only, ball bearing or tapered bearing... just drum brakes.

Anyway, I have used it for a long time on front and back with no ill affects.

[Mel Gross]

The CRC / StaLube part number for this grease is SL3131

[jb-ob]

A lot of interesting back references to the Model A can be found in the 1932 Service Bulletins ie; long fiber wheel bearing grease and the use of SAE 140 wt. gear oil in both the trans & rear end.

Sta-Lube SAE 140 GL-4 #SL24238
"Not corrosive to copper, bronze or other non-ferrous alloy bearings & bushings" as found in Model A transmissions.

140 wt. is easier to shift during cooler, early winter and spring driving.

No, I don't own stock in the company but I've had good results from their products. Just sharing.

JB

[Dino's A]

Originally Posted by Mel Gross

The CRC / StaLube part number for this grease is SL3131

Does Pep Boys carry this grease? I don't usually shop anywhere else.

[Art Newland]

Looks like NAPA sells it.
https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/SLCSL3131

[updraught]

Always wondered about that fibrous stuff in wheel bearing grease.

So it is just the grease clinging together?

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...7/#post1029867

[Mel Gross]

This grease is NOT available at Advance, Auto Zone, O'Reilly's, Pep Boys.

As mentioned above, it is available at NAPA. I have to go to the NAPA store in Los Angeles to buy it as some of the smaller NAPA locations don't stock it. It is a hit and miss with them.

[Dino's A]

Originally Posted by Mel Gross

This grease is NOT available at Advance, Auto Zone, O'Reilly's, Pep Boys.

As mentioned above, it is available at NAPA. I have to go to the NAPA store in Los Angeles to buy it as some of the smaller NAPA locations don't stock it. It is a hit and miss with them.

You do know that suggesting anywhere else but Pep Boys is sheer blasphemy

[J Franklin]

Originally Posted by Mel Gross

This grease is NOT available at Advance, Auto Zone, O'Reilly's, Pep Boys.

As mentioned above, it is available at NAPA. I have to go to the NAPA store in Los Angeles to buy it as some of the smaller NAPA locations don't stock it. It is a hit and miss with them.

Online orders ship free to your local store if they don't stock it normally.

[krzewinskibe]

I bought it at Amazon...