Originally Posted by Impuls
(Post 1079349)
What grease should I use on hub shafts?
In fact, EO2k has a pic of the AMSOIL grease in his hub rebuild thread. The local parts store had Redline in stock, so Redline was used on my shafts. Smooth and slippery. Added bonus? It's red. |
Amsoil Dominator aka Amsoil 2000 is what I used.
AMSOIL DOMINATOR Synthetic Racing Grease |
Originally Posted by SchmoozerJoe
(Post 1079410)
AMSOIL or Redline CV2 seems to be the consensus around here.
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Seriously.
I'm going to start putting it in my coffee in an effort to stay regular. |
I'm trying NEO racing grease front and rear. Expensive, but many in the racing community swear by it. Much thicker than Redline CV.
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Order from Amsoil? or where
Also did things change for the NB front hubs? My posts computer is giving me 30mm nut with a 18x1.5 or a 20x1.5 nuts |
Originally Posted by Savington
(Post 1079460)
AMSOIL Dominator grease is significantly better than CV2.
Maybe not as good in ball bearings as CV's? |
Originally Posted by Impuls
(Post 1079720)
Order from Amsoil? or where
Also did things change for the NB front hubs? My posts computer is giving me 30mm nut with a 18x1.5 or a 20x1.5 nuts No clue about your nuts, but mine required a 29mm socket to R&R (I also picked up a 32mm to do the rears.) I sourced my replacement nuts from Rosenthal as there was some scuttlebutt about FLAPS/RockAuto computers having the wrong size listed, and some question as to the quality of "generic" replacements. Having said that, I replaced mine out of OCD, not necessarily because they needed to be replaced. I was already placing an order, so I just tossed them in there.
Originally Posted by Rennkafer
(Post 1080048)
Why do you think it's better. The CV2 held up in the CV joints on 1000hp/800+lb-ft Can Am cars with 16" wide slicks at VP, seems like a decent test to me.
Maybe not as good in ball bearings as CV's? |
Originally Posted by Rennkafer
(Post 1080048)
Why do you think it's better. The CV2 held up in the CV joints on 1000hp/800+lb-ft Can Am cars with 16" wide slicks at VP, seems like a decent test to me.
Maybe not as good in ball bearings as CV's? Also can am is Canada yes? It's probably bacon grease they're using. |
5X Racing Hardcore Miata Front Hubs
So their 375 per hub top of the line hubs have ceramic balls. Do you think they are spraying ceramic coating on the races too? $375 a hub sucks balls :) |
Sounds like their top end hubs get the races sent out for DFL coating. Not sure how I feel about that.
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That's bad ass!
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I'd consider them if there was some type of assurance they would last.
After my experience with the ART, Karl not emailing me back, it's going to be hard not to just buy bulk OEM hubs and always have a few spares with me. |
I doubt they are coated.
Silicon nitride - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia edit: misread; they are coating the RACES. the bearings themselves are definitely ceramic. |
races treated using a proprietary procedure for greaseless operation
That sounds like DFL coating to me. |
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Originally Posted by Impuls
(Post 1080070)
Where does horsepower come anywhere close the the equation of hub grease?
Also can am is Canada yes? It's probably bacon grease they're using. And "Can-Am" was the "Canadian-American Challenge"... the cars I worked on were from its first iteration 1966 to 1974. The 1000hp car in question that we restored and did trackside support on was a '74 Shadow DN4 (the car that won the championship in '74). 510ci BBC putting out (now) 1014hp normally aspirated. [IMG]https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1386445052[/IMG] |
Originally Posted by Rennkafer
(Post 1080560)
And "Can-Am" was the "Canadian-American Challenge"... the cars I worked on were from its first iteration 1966 to 1974. The 1000hp car in question that we restored and did trackside support on was a '74 Shadow DN4 (the car that won the championship in '74). 510ci BBC putting out (now) 1014hp normally aspirated. [IMG]https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1386445052[/IMG] |
John at 5xracing built my hubs to order with high grade ceramic coated balls and proprietary grease. They are butter. Not real butter, but the "ic ant believe its not butter" shit thats even better than real butter.
Shoot him an email, he can build you whatever you like and give you a discount probably if you run his stickers etc. I get a different deal because we are buds but you get the picture... |
Originally Posted by Rennkafer
(Post 1080048)
Why do you think it's better. The CV2 held up in the CV joints on 1000hp/800+lb-ft Can Am cars with 16" wide slicks at VP, seems like a decent test to me.
Maybe not as good in ball bearings as CV's? |
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