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Lithium based grease or Moly based grease dose it really matter?

Old 09-21-2006, 12:33 PM
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Lithium based grease or Moly based grease dose it really matter?

Quik question I read the write up for greasing the driveshaft, and the FSM. They call for the Moly grease for the double cardan joints. My questions is it OK to use the Moly grease all around, on the back of the tube it says automotive chasis, U joints, off-highway and construction equipment. So wouldn't be OK to use it on the rest of the drive shaft and the ball joints? I talked to a tech at two stealerships and they both said yeah its all grease, one even told me they do it all the time..

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It will work fine, Lithium is really light for when things just need to be grease wet, Molly has a better vistcosaty.
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Thank you
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I use the Moly grease on the whole truck to include wheel bearings. Likes to really shed the water and when I did my wheel bearings recently, they looked as fresh today as they did 2 years ago when I did them last.
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in my tacoma manual it says lithium is the preferred grease, so i stick with that.
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