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Old 08-02-2008, 01:18 PM
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What type of grease for Ball Joints
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what type of grease do you use for the upper and lower ball joints moly or lithium

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The usual recommendation is to use Extreme Pressure (EP) grease containing molybdenum disulfide. I grease mine every 20K or so.
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i use the cheap autozone lube that the guy sold me and it works great and i live in extreme heat, palm springs ca
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grease for bj's? ky of course.

but really, EP molybdenum disulfide is good. lithium doesn't hold up to pressure as well as moly.
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