"Wheel bearing grease" is still sold only because of tradition. A few
years ago, I was very active in SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers).
Had several good friends in different automotive areas. Had several
discussions on this subject, and there was concurrence on the best stuff to use
- Sears Moly grease - the sticky, thin grease that Sears sells in tubes
for chassis lube. People agreeing on this included two lubrication
application engineers from different oil companies - both agreed that the Sears
was the best stuff to use. One commented that he could get anything that his
company made for free - but he bought Sears grease for his wheel bearings.
Another person agreeing on this was a long-time bearings application engineer.
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If you put Molybdenum grease in your wheel bearings, they won't last 1000
miles.
I have the evidence if anyone wants to see a picture. I ran out of wheel bearing
grease, and put Moly grease in one bearing. The other three are still fine, but
the one with the Moly grease is wrecked. If you look at the
recommendations on web-sites or grease tins, you will see that Moly grease is
meant for oscillating bearings, not rotating ones. The current wheel
bearing grease is called LM2.
Smiffy