Re: Old topics

Posted by BH On 2009/8/27 8:22:06

I can't help you with the thread on the other Packard Forum, but perhaps you are also referring to the thread on this site:https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=782&forum=3&post_id=5626#forumpost5626

In addition to Sta Lube SL-3303, we discussed another grease, CRC Brake Caliper Grease (#05353):http://www.crcindustries.com/auto/content/prod_detail.aspx?S=Y&PN=05353

I stumbled across this product on the shelf at AutoZone and purchased it, because of its graphite content, to lube the snout of the input bearing retainer on the manual tranny and the corresponding recess in the throwout bearing on one of my old Chevies. GM's Assembly Instruction Manual for that car specified a graphite grease, and this product also looked and felt similar to what I've seen in NOS throwout bearings of the period.

Looking back to the previous discussion of T-L compensator grease, here, I had wondered if CRC-05353 might be a replacement for SL-3303, which is (was?) also distributed by CRC (having acquired Sta Lube in 1993). One would have to contact CRC to discover the answer to that.

I don't, personally, recall reading anything about a lithium stearate grease, but molybdenum disulfide is noted in the SAE paper on the T-L suspension. Because CRC-05353 also contains MoS2, as well as graphite and Teflon, I wondered if the CRC Brake Caliper Grease (#05353) would be an effective substitute for the original grease as distributed by S-P.

Owen_Dyneto also cited the need for a non-channelling (slumping type) grease that would migrate back after being displaced by operation of the planetary geartrain.

If someone can validate CRC-05353 as appropriate for this application, I would gladly post that info, with due credit, in a FAQ.