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Subject:Re: need part suppliers numbers
From:Joel Walker
Date:Mon, 11 Sep 95 16:20:03 CDT

On Mon, 11 Sep 95 15:23:14 CDT John Anderson said:
>about $10 a tube at your local dealer, or use part store Moly EP
>for a lot less but does it work?

i've had good success with Valvoline MOLY EP wheel bearing grease (for
disc brake wheel bearings) in the paper tube ... about $1.50 per tube.
i've got 96,000 miles on these joints now, and only cleaned/regreased them
at 75,000 cause i got paranoid. ;) but i did add extra grease when i bought
the car (at about 500 miles). other buses also lasted past 100,000 on the
same grease.

however ... :(  this grease will LEAP off the joints onto your shirt, face,
hands, arms, neck, nose, and any other nearby expanse of human flesh or
"good" clothing.

joel