Corn head grease

[Lawrie]

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

[koates]

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.

[Talkwrench]

A carton !! what the hell are you using for Lawrie???

[Lawrie]

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

[malpais]

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

[Mike51Merc]

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Maybe it's Indian Corn Head Grease......

[texas webb]

That's funny.

[TonyM]

New formula that is Gluten free?

[thirt4]

From the good old internet..............

Snag
Australian for sausage.
"Buy a few snags and we'll have a beer and a BBQ."

[TagMan]

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.

[Lawrie]

Tagman, I found 1/2 an old tube and it is definatly a different colour ,I will look at the consistency this morning.
Lawrie

[Talkwrench]

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!

[malpais]

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

[VeryTangled]

Originally Posted by malpais

...should it be in the steering box too? Gordon

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.

[Old Henry]

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.

[SofaKing]

Originally Posted by Old Henry

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.

What happened? Do you have photos? I was planning to buy a couple tubes on Monday at the JD dealer.

[Talkwrench]

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.

[Old Henry]

Originally Posted by Talkwrench

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.

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.

[Lawrie]

Henry,I bet that thing vibrated .
Lawrie

[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by Lawrie

Henry,I bet that thing vibrated .
Lawrie

That's a good example of what can and will happen when something mechanical is known to be going bad and a person just keeps on driving the vehicle for hundreds of miles anyway.