Its not about the cost, its about logistics
you must have a low cylinder index. at one point I was maintaining well over 110 cylinders per year. thats a fair amount of oil per year. with the current fleet down to 40 currently active, I still try to only keep 5 oils on hand. 15W40 T4 for the...
At work we use John Deere cornhead grease in the gearboxes we make. its and extreme pressure thixotropic and works great for splines and worm gears and wont drip out the seals. it goes in snot green, comes out tar black after only a few hours of run-time.
Seastar is the old teleflex cable and steering. VEVOR is an amazon chinese company. U-flex is right down the road from me here in Florida.
out of the two companies you have mentioned, I would not hesitate to go Seastar. I would have serious reservations on Vevor
when the grease does its job between two objects, in this case gear spline on the shaft and hub. it will turn black.
just like grease does in gear boxes, etc.
as the motor runs, there is a slight bit of run-out of the shaft and coupler. the grease is doing its job between the two bits of...
the Rotella T4 used to be $11 a gallon. now its $15 a gallon
Rotella T5 syn blend is $19 a gallon jug
Quicksilver syn blend is $45 a gallon
VR-1 is $27 a 5-quart jug
Lucas is $39 a 5-quart jug
Penrite is $63 a 5-quart jug (because its imported to the US from Australia)
Amsoil 20W50 full...
It's May in the Midwest......
It may be 70
It may be 30
It may be raining
It may be snowing
When I lived in Wisconsin we would drop the boat in the water in March. As long as the air temp was above 30. Sometimes we would be wearing snowmobile suits
If you are not going swimming, as long as...
