Originally Posted by Grant Francis

Its TRUE.

There will be more to come, trust me.

Originally Posted by Doug

I use high temp wheel bearing grease on wheel bearings, u-joints, chassis/suspension grease points. I think that's what others here have mentioned.

In the USA all the typical parts outlets stock a variety of different wheel bearing greases but the most common is the red synthetic stuff. There are other colors and some claim to be Ford-spec or GM-spec or Japanese car-spec or whatever. Truth is, I've used all of them interchangeably on wheel bearings on any car with serviceable wheel bearings and never suffered an ill result. Of course, I re-pack bearings on a scheduled basis so my good fortune might have more to do with that than anything else. If my nonchalant grease selection is a mistake then it takes more than 30k miles to find out

Wayyyy back in the old days grease guns were usually loaded with a low grade chassis-lube. That brown-ish stuff that actually seemed a bit stringy. It was OK for chassis fittings but little else, and certainly not u-joints or wheel bearings. I haven't seen any on the shelves in decades.


Some of the older wheel bearing greases were terrible. The grease would get hot, melt, and then simply cake-up when cooled...leaving the bearings dry. Again, this is something I haven't seen in decades.

I'm rambling.....

The only thing I wanted to say, really, is that the XJS doesn't actually require anything exotic. Any name brand 'high temp wheel bearing grease' should be perfectly satisfactory and, quite possibly, is superior to what was being used 20-30 years ago when our cars were rolling down the assembly line.

Just my two cents

Cheers
DD

Originally Posted by LnrB

I warned you that you had violated a sacred trust when you did that, OB, so you shouldn't be surprised she's locked you out. In fact, you would do well to take her at her word what she'll do to you if you ever do that again.

I found the music you mentioned, but it's not what I would call Driving Music. In fact, if I had that going at night it would put me to sleep! Driving Music gets the adrenaline pumping and your gas foot going down, and your head bobbing, and your fingers tapping. "Stars" definitely did NOT do that for me.
(';')

Originally Posted by RonaldP

Try the William Tell overture "overture of 1812". You will be pushing the go fast peddle to where the scenery will be a blur.

Originally Posted by JagCad

Thanks folks! I've acquired a rotten head cold. Thee tales cheered me up.


Some years ago, I watched a local dentist tune up a set of dentures. Dremel!!! It is better than the knock off I have. However, I have a ton stuff to use with it.


Early on, when I was a kid and baby teeth were on the verge of being pushed out by the final versions, A string and a door knob finished the job.


I am extremely fortunate. I have all mine, sans one wisdom and one other small one.


Way back when, I worked in a Texaco full service station. We used three basic "greases". Marfak was the brand name. One in a big tub for the air powered grease gun used on u-joints and chassis fittings. Another long fibred grease for hand massage into wheel bearings. And, a hand gun loaded with "water pump grease" for the occasional old car with a fitting on the water pump.


Then, much later, disc brakes came over!! The oil companies jumped in with their versions for them as a high temperature lube.


The oily corner of my bench has some of a lot of that stuff.


Side bar:


My HF hand grease gun develops more PSI's than my HF air boosted grease gun!!


I do have a tray of Zerks. Useful in replacing clogged ones. And, whern I built my roadster, it got all new Zerks.


Carl

Originally Posted by orangeblossom

Also can you use Molybdenum grease for Wheel bearings and for use as a general grease?

Originally Posted by Greg in France

I do not see why not, as long as it has the Extreme Pressure (EP) properties and is high temp grease too.

Greg

Originally Posted by texasscot

OB
My wife had to inform me that my mouth was hanging open this morning as I read this. This was unfortunate. She spotted a missing filling and has vowed to go DIY on me so she can afford a new dress.
I'm going to have to cut down on my saturday brewery consumption and learn to sleep with one eye open lest I wake up with her knees on my chest and the dremel in my mouth.
Seriously it is quite the funniest thing I've ever seen on a car forum. Please tell me it isn't true!