Grease or Antiseize??

[LooseCannon]

Have been tearing my suspension down replacing bearings and doing general cleaning of parts. I have or 03 Pro Action. While taking this thing apart I have found that over time the grease has become very nasty and dirty in several areas of the suspension. I do grease on a regular basis, however with the water and snow the grease gets very nasty. After cleaning everything I was considering the idea of putting antiseize on the bushings and shafts instead of grease. Anyone have thoughts good or bad regarding this idea?? I did spray the rear axle shaft with a dry film lubricant.

Thanks in advance!

 

[leaddog]

Great idea! Antiseize is fantastic. If fact I have some on my hands right now. (no kidding). I have used it for 30 years. It would be great on suspensions. Maybe the bearings too.

 

[SledderSteve]

While Antiseize does have some lubricating qualities to ease assembly, it's primary purpose in life is to prevent or limit metal-to-metal contact of dissimilar metals and the resulting electro-chemical reaction that produces oxidation or corrosion which has the effect of mechanically locking the two metals together. As example, steel and aluminum love to weld themselves together.

Grease can be used to limit corrosion and Antiseize can be used to lubricate but each works best when used as intended.

 

[NY_Nytro]

You'll have the same problem with the water & dirt mixing with the antiseize over time and getting a similiar gooey mess.

After the initial coating of antiseize would you still grease regularly ?

 

[LooseCannon]

Yes I do intend to grease regularly, however I'm not sure how well the grease would mix with the antiseize. I was just thinking that maybe the antiseize would last longer because when you get that stuff of your hands it's hard getting off. At this point I don't see where it would hurt to try using the antiseize in some parts of the suspension.

 

[snappy]

dosent anti sieze have metal in it? i think that would be bad for moving parts.

 

[SledderSteve]

dosent anti sieze have metal in it? i think that would be bad for moving parts.

Yes but it's really soft metal. :wink:

 

[Red2003]

A high quality synthetic grease will work best. Its just as sticky as antiseize and was intended for this purpose. That dirty gooey mess shouldn't be INSIDE your moving suspension parts unless your pressure washing your sled after use. I know a lot of guys that pressure wash their sleds and think they are helping by getting the dirt and salt off the machine. They are actually doing more harm then good as the high pressure water just drives that crap into every nook and cranny and THEN it starts to eat away at the vital parts like bearings, etc. When you grease the machine it naturally should push any junk trying to make its way in OUT.

 

[Bob Miller]

I work in maintenance at Kimberly Clark and we have used Anti- Seize exclusively in the past for the primary purpose of the disassembling of components such as Aluminum drive pulley's on Steel shafts. We have switched to Silicone Compound or "Die Electric Grease" because we where not getting very good results when disassembly of components was needed. The "Die Electric Grease" works better than "Anti- Seize" and its not as messy!

For my snowmobile I use Amsoil Waterproof Synthetic Grease. 8)

 

[POWERHAULIC]

Anit-sieze is for non-moving applications, it will cause moving joints to sieze.

Do NOT use it for any moving application

 

[mikeb]

anti-sieze is used for lubrication in heavy equipment. We have used it in new and used heavy pumps for decades ... works best for low speed high sheer applications.

If your going to use it best if you can find some of the old copper based stuff but he aluminum stuff works good too.