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02-06-2015, 12:02 AM | #1 |
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Corn head grease
Any one noticed that the cornhead grease has changed,
in the carton I bought about 2 yrs ago the grease was light green colour, I bought a new carton yesterday and the grease is a far darker colour. I,m still going to use it . Lawrie |
02-06-2015, 01:14 AM | #2 |
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Re: Corn head grease
Hi Lawrie, I bought a carton in Melbourne about twelve months ago and the grease is a fairly dark green. Have not bought it previously. Its in my 34 steering box and it has not seized up yet. Don't leak any more either !! Regards, Kevin.
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02-06-2015, 01:40 AM | #3 |
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Re: Corn head grease
A carton !! what the hell are you using for Lawrie???
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02-06-2015, 02:13 AM | #4 |
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Re: Corn head grease
Rob, its great on the BBQ for cooking snags,
The local JD dealer only has it in cartons so its easier to buy that way. I just changed the rear end ratio on the 33 and the UJ was nice and covered with the ch grease,it had done about 1000miles. Looks like wife Carol won re the 99a engine and it will stay in for a while,just ordered a new 10in clutch from fort wayne,$65 freight,so will see how long. Kevin,I also may try some in the steering box,it may be cheaper than the steering box lube from penrite, Lawrie |
02-06-2015, 09:49 AM | #5 |
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Re: Corn head grease
Sorry, but gotta ask: what's a "snag"?
Always heard Aussies have brass whatcha-call-it's, and if you cook in John Deere grease, it must be true..... Gordon
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02-06-2015, 10:10 AM | #6 |
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02-06-2015, 10:49 AM | #7 |
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Re: Corn head grease
That's funny.
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02-06-2015, 10:54 AM | #8 |
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Re: Corn head grease
New formula that is Gluten free?
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02-06-2015, 05:35 PM | #10 |
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Re: Corn head grease
Getting back to the corn head grease, the last tube I bought didn't seem to be as "runny" as the stuff I used before (both John Deere). The latest stuff seemed to be quite a bit thicker and doesn't flow like it used to.
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02-06-2015, 05:39 PM | #11 |
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Re: Corn head grease
Tagman, I found 1/2 an old tube and it is definatly a different colour ,I will look at the consistency this morning.
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02-06-2015, 06:17 PM | #12 |
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Re: Corn head grease
We also call them mystery bags .. Snags. Gettin a bit fancy these days they even put garlic in them ..geeez!
Penrite semi fluid grease I bought for $13 a tube Lawrie. Works good in the steering box, finally slowing down the leak!
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02-07-2015, 04:11 PM | #13 |
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Re: Corn head grease
Up here they say you'll never eat sausage or hot dogs if you see them made - maybe they "snag" anything they can to put in 'em.
Per this forum I bought CH grease for universals (I think; been a while) - should it be in the steering box too? Gordon
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02-07-2015, 05:31 PM | #14 |
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Re: Corn head grease
Yup, I'm gonna use it for a Valentine's gift too! It's wonderful medicine.
On topic: What I've used is the light-green stuff. But not recently purchased. Despite the lubrication theme, this thread may have some traction.
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02-07-2015, 08:43 PM | #15 |
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Re: Corn head grease
I recently bought 3 tubes of the original green Corn Head Grease but decided not to use it when I saw what happened in my U-joint with it in it. I'll send the three to anyone for the cost of shipping if you want them.
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02-07-2015, 10:35 PM | #16 |
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What happened? Do you have photos? I was planning to buy a couple tubes on Monday at the JD dealer.
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02-08-2015, 12:01 AM | #17 | |
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Re: Corn head grease
Quote:
https://www.greenpartstore.com/mobil...-AN102562.html
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The worn out U-joint wasn't much of a surprise with the length of time it had been vibrating. The shocker was that when I first pulled the torque tube back and saw this scene there was no corn head grease in there. It was all gone. I could not fathom where it all went until I removed the torque tube from the differential and there it was, all piled down at the differential end of the torque tube. When agitated it became fluid enough to flow past the front torque tube seal and drain into the torque tube. I expect that could be one of the main reasons my U-joint wore out. Here's the rest of the story about the U-joint. It's pretty interesting. It's had 4,863 views and 47 comments: https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132859
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02-08-2015, 03:16 AM | #19 |
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Re: Corn head grease
I wouldn't be relying too much on this grease in the uni. Iam convinced that the majority of any greasing is for between the inner and out shells. The gearbox has an open bearing and the only seal that is there is the one that sits behind the roller bearing in top of the torque tube. THe gearbox supply's a small about to keep this all working.
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02-08-2015, 10:28 AM | #20 |
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Re: Corn head grease
That's what Mac VanPelt told me too - that oil leaks from the transmission into the U-joint space and thins regular grease quite sufficiently to not have to use thinner grease in there. That's another reason I went back to regular grease in there and abandoned the corn head grease.
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