vintagengineer | 16/06/2018 20:52:07 |
![]() 469 forum posts 6 photos | I need to thicken some gear oil to point of being just short of being grease. Any tips? |
Wout Moerman | 16/06/2018 20:59:11 |
57 forum posts 2 photos | Just thinking out loud, add a bit of grease to the oil? And you already have the thickest oil available? |
pgk pgk | 16/06/2018 21:10:25 |
2661 forum posts 294 photos | That's an interesting question. Instinct suggests adding grease or dissolving a wax into it but looking up gear greases educated me a bit.. this quote from exol's data sheet suggests a complex process incorporating saponification <<An aluminium complex soap thickened grease based on solvent refined hydrocarbon oil incorporating solid lubricants, polymers, extreme pressure additives, and a blend of antioxidants and corrosion inhibitors, combining to provide highly effective lubrication with excellent corrosion protection. This lubricant is bitumen free.Open Gear Grease 2.5 has been specially developed for the lubrication of all types and sizes of open gears,including spur, helical and bevel drive gears that are subjected to extreme loads, high working temperatures and water saturated conditions.>>
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Ron Laden | 16/06/2018 21:35:18 |
![]() 2320 forum posts 452 photos | I dont know how to to thicken gear oil but someone once showed me some Mobile 600W steam oil and you could just about pour it at room temperature, really thick oil. |
Mike Poole | 16/06/2018 21:41:16 |
![]() 3676 forum posts 82 photos | A component called Paratac can be used to make oil sticky but that may not be what you want. Mike |
David George 1 | 16/06/2018 21:50:33 |
![]() 2110 forum posts 565 photos | What is the thick oil used for? David |
vintagengineer | 16/06/2018 22:12:16 |
![]() 469 forum posts 6 photos | Vintage steering boxes |
Chris Evans 6 | 16/06/2018 22:23:39 |
![]() 2156 forum posts | Don't mess about just buy some "Type O" semi fluid grease. Plenty available it is used in early motorcycle gearboxes and commercial vehicle chassis lubrication systems. I get mine from a local agricultural supplier as lots of farm equipment uses it. |
Muzzer | 16/06/2018 22:25:10 |
![]() 2904 forum posts 448 photos | Grease is a soap mixed with an oil. If you want to make it more liquid, mix more oil with it. Murray |
not done it yet | 16/06/2018 23:14:48 |
7517 forum posts 20 photos | Corn Head grease? |
clogs | 16/06/2018 23:28:18 |
630 forum posts 12 photos | we called it "black jack" for use on open gears........cranes etc...... put it on with a trowel........lovely job....the youngest got that job......hahaha....
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John Reese | 17/06/2018 01:47:33 |
![]() 1071 forum posts | Posted by clogs on 16/06/2018 23:28:18:
we called it "black jack" for use on open gears........cranes etc...... put it on with a trowel........lovely job....the youngest got that job......hahaha....
It sounds similar to Crater Compound we used on the open gears of a well drill. We heated it so we could pour it onto the gears. |
peak4 | 17/06/2018 02:03:52 |
![]() 2207 forum posts 210 photos | Have you considered Landrover swivel hub grease? Cheaper elsewhere, but I picked this vendor as they included the following description. Original lube would have been EP90. A good alternative is to replace oil with swivel grease, This is the same type of grease that Land Rover actually use on newer vehicles to prevent leakage. This is a special grease that is semi-fluid so it lubricates but is less likely to leak. Suitable for use on all Land Rovers, Defenders, Range Rovers and Discovery's with swivel balls. A quality replacement part, equivalent to Land Rover part number: STC3435 Bill |
colin wilkinson | 17/06/2018 06:27:07 |
71 forum posts | Available from Hichcocks Motorcycles for Royal Enfield gearboxes http://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/accessory-shop/Silkolene-Oils/16612 Colin |
Jens Eirik Skogstad | 17/06/2018 07:12:22 |
![]() 400 forum posts 22 photos | 25-40% canola oil mixed in the mineral oil to preventing the oil was washed away from surfaces by steam/water. Canola oil was thickened first: warm up oil and blow up with air pressure into the oil, let it bubble until the oil is thick. It's due the oil is oxidized (with other word: rancid). The canola oil must be without antioxidants additive who are impossible to thickening the canola oil. |
Gordon W | 17/06/2018 09:44:35 |
2011 forum posts | Used to use grease in Velocette chain case to stop leakage, with some oil to make it a bit runny. Not very technical but recall this was an official Velo advice. |
mechman48 | 17/06/2018 20:20:37 |
![]() 2947 forum posts 468 photos | Posted by clogs on 16/06/2018 23:28:18:
we called it "black jack" for use on open gears........cranes etc...... put it on with a trowel........lovely job....the youngest got that job......hahaha....
We used to call it 'Clagum' or 'black fat' ... yes! I was that apprentice that had to trowel it on to open gears on cranes etc. |
Jon Lawes | 17/06/2018 21:10:05 |
![]() 1078 forum posts | Penrite do a genuine steering box grease for 6 quid, lithium based and EP rated. Is it worth risking hit and miss results making your own when the real deal is only the price of a couple of beers? Actually, beers beer... |
not done it yet | 17/06/2018 21:21:33 |
7517 forum posts 20 photos | Posted by clogs on 16/06/2018 23:28:18:
we called it "black jack" for use on open gears........cranes etc...... put it on with a trowel........lovely job....the youngest got that job......hahaha....
Hope you ere not referring to corn head grease as blackjack. Different stuff. The blackjack was, I believe, thickened with graphite but was not particularly thixotropic. John Deere use corn head grease in gearboxes on their combines. |
Phil Whitley | 18/06/2018 17:41:29 |
![]() 1533 forum posts 147 photos | the peerless gearbox/transmission on many different makes of garden ride on mowers uses a bentonite grease. these incorporate gears and clutches, available in bottles at £31.66 +vat http://www.westwoodtractorspares.co.uk/gearbox-and-clutch/various-peerless-models-gearbox-parts/peerless-gearbox-grease-788067c |
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