Bearing grease for boat trailer

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

What do you recommend for boat trailer bearing grease? I have bearing buddies on the trailer.

Does Amsoil make a bearing grease? Is it any better than the "normal" stuff?

- Wish

[Scott M]

Can't give you a namebrand of choice, but light blue colored marine grease. My buddy had his trailer taken in and they mixed greases...not a good idea!

Also, don't overpack your bearing buddies!

[marine_man]

I don't recall the name, but it's a waterproof grease that's green in color.

marine_man

[boatfixer]

I use OMC's (now BRP) Marine wheel bearing/EP grease.

[efgh]

The oil man might chime in on this one,I use amsoil, it is water resistant, but for the life of me I can;t recall the trade name. It cost a quit a bit a tube, but it is worth it.

[MuleShack]

I cant think of the name either, but amsoil has 2 kinds i believe...green and blue. The blue is supposed to be better than the green as it is water proof? I used the blue for my bearings.

[theoilman]

Real tough name: AMSOIL Synthetic Water Resistant Grease, product code GWR (this link will take you direct to the info page on it, also you can buy direct from here). This is a blue-green color.

Most (probably over 90%) of today's commercially available greases are either lithium base or lithium complex base which are all capable of being mixed without harm, though I recommend removing the most of the old before repacking. AMSOIL's greases are synthesized lithium complex base.

The API (American Petroleum Institute) defines a grease as "waterproof" if a maximum of 15% washes off in a specific test. Many other brands of greases just barely meet this requirement. AMSOIL greases are less than 5% washout.

AMSOIL's AMSOIL Synthetic Multipurpose Grease, prod code GLC is also excellent for boat trailer wheel bearings, about 2% or 3% higher washout than the water-resistent, but still excellent.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

Thanks oilman. Good info

- Wish

[dkf]

The best grease I've ever found and my favorite grease is the OMC/Evinrude grease in either red or blue. That stuff is great. I have since switched over to the blue Amsoil grease because I got tired of driving 18 miles one way and paying $2+ more per tube for the Evinrude grease. Amsoil dealer is about 5 miles away.

[dkf]

double

[fish2live]

i use mystic jt6. we use it on all our stuff at work and the bearings on our belts run all day long at high rpms and lots of weight. never had a problem with it.

[mroyten]

Does the brand name really make a difference? Has anyone had a bad experience with a faulty brand? How can you tell that one brand of grease is better than another?

[jwhjr]

i use mystic jt6.

This is what I use as well.