Swingarm, dogbone bearing grease - Schaeffer's #238

I like to tear down the rear end and grease the bearings every 6 months or anytime the bike has seen significant or repeated water crossings, not often in SoCal but it happens in the mountains. I've never had to replace any bearings by following this practice (including wheel bearings, I grease pack between the bearing seal and dust seal)

Anyway, I've always preferred to use a aluminum-complex marine grease for it waterproof nature. It's much more water resistant than lithium soap or lithium complex My tub of StaLube is just about gone, so I went searching for more or a replacement.

I found Schaeffer's #238 alum-complex with extra moly! Dang is this stuff tacky, sticky. It's too thick for wheel bearings but should do an excellent job of rejecting crap from the swingarm, dogbone and shock bearings. Moly is good in the event all the grease is gone (not likely to happen with this stuff), there is something to prevent the metal on metal.

http://www.schaefferoil.com/238_moly_grease.html

Didn't find it locally (within 10 miles), got some shipped for $5 a tube.

Hmm, enough to 'swim' in. Yeah, I bought two standard 14oz. tubes, should last a bit.

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That is the grease I have been using, a friend handed me a couple free tubes last year and I have half of one tube left.

My dad has been using Schaffer oils for the last 10 years or so and swears by the stuff. I would probably use it more if it was easier to get.

It is really really tacky.


Later,

I just done my whole rear end and swing arm was dry but still free moving so managed to save the rollers...will be replacing them next tear down around christmas when i am on holiday..