What's the best grease?

Posted by Wayne on July 07, 2003 at 21:34:54 from (205.188.209.105):

Hey guys, we're working on a 71B Bucyrus Erie crane for a customer, and in tearing it down we're finding evidence that the operator has been greasing it, but that the grease just doesn't seem to be "hanging around" in the bushings like it should. Basically you can see the evidence of the grease being forced out between the bushings and the pins from greasing it as well as from operating it, but when you take them apart the inner areas don't seem to have any grease film on them at all. Now I've seen cases where the wrong grease was used, (like a customer that tried a graphite based product that was worthless and caused every new bushing we had installed to wear out in 6 months), and machines where it's painfully obvious that it isn't getting greased at all, but this is different. According to the BE lube chart, they are using the recommended grease, so that in itself isn't the problem. What they are using is a Shell Alvania 2EP grease which being an extreme pressure grease ought to be right, but still the problem.
Ok, that's the problem, here's the question-- I've always heard good things about Lubrication Engineers, and have one customer that has sworn by them for over 30 years and has the results to back him, but what about the rest of ya'll. What grease do you use in your most extreeme applications and how does it hold up?
Thanks for any opinions you can offer up. Wayne

Follow Ups:

• Re: What's the best grease? Richard 03:34:02 07/09/03 (0)
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• Re: What's the best grease? mj 14:35:44 07/08/03 (0)
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• Re: What's the best grease? John Fugit 04:54:44 07/08/03 (1)
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