Aviation grease for Commando speedo drive ?

I was curious about the little stickers' recommendation for greasing.
What precisely is Esso Aviation G.P. Grease, or similar ??
An oil thread, only greasier....

https://andover-norton.co.uk/img/images ... 1faa08.jpg

Is the general purpose grease in my grease gun no longer up to the job,
or will I need to obtain some of this stuff if I use this drive ?
Will it void the warranty if my grease is not 'similar' ??

There seem to be quite a whole slew of these types of drives available, are any better than others ?
The one linked is the one that A.N. offer.

btw, this from an aviation grease suppliers website (not Esso).
"A particular requirement of aviation greases is the need to resist high temperature stresses, while providing excellent starting and low torque at low-temperature." blah blah blah.
"a supreme performance, wide-temperature, antiwear grease designed to combine the unique features of a polyalphaolefin (PAO) synthetic base fluid with an organo-clay (non-soap) thickener. Its consistency is between an NLGI No. 1 and No. 2 grease. It offers outstanding performance over a wide temperature range. The wax-free nature of the synthetic base fluid, together with its high viscosity index compared to mineral oils, provide excellent low temperature pumpability, very low starting and running torque, and can help reduce operating temperatures in the load zone of rolling element bearings. " blah blah blah

Meets Milspecs blah blah blah

https://www.exxonmobil.com/English-IT/A ... lgrease-28

bloomin eck...
And the question is still - is this really any different to the grease I already have ?

" Will it void the warranty if my grease is not 'similar' ?? "
Yes
But what makes you think the body of the drive is gonna last long enough to care? I'm on #4 of the stock Smiths item already, I think.
Wish I cd get a real answer regarding why these things warp, and what to do about it.

I recall reading about this from a post Comnoz posted a couple of years ago. He suggested using it in to speedo drive. Might be the same stuff;

http://www.jewellamberoil.com

Pete

Ok, I'll bite.
I looked at the worm drive and chose a moly grease I have on hand. 39,000 miles on it, it lives happily ever after. (Not)The end.(yet)

concours said:

Ok, I'll bite.
I looked at the worm drive and chose a moly grease I have on hand. 39,000 miles on it, it lives happily ever after. (Not)The end.(yet)

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+1

Ford offers a moly (part number) grease, used for wheel bearings, now available in cartridges for your grease gun (better auto parts stores). A shot every oil change...

I have a largish tin - size of a xmas sweetie tin - nearly full of grease we used when fitting tachographs when that became compulsory here a few decades ago.
As truck tachos are a bit more expensive than a Smiths, and the cost of failure could be something you wouldn't want to think about, I suspect it is at the better end of the crap to excellent continuum.
Remember to NOT grease the last couple of inches at the head end gentlemen.

It is fairly light consistency, dark grey in colour and a slightly different "feel" to the usual grease most people come across.

You will have to ask your supplying dealer if using a non recommended lubricant will cause any warranty issues.
Or write to Norton Motors Ltd, Bracebridge Street, Aston, Birmingham 6.

Wonder if you could use a high count moly paste like honda M77? It's used for the splines on shafty's and they generate alot of heat in that spot! Problem is getting it in there since it's thick.

I have had at least 2 speedo drives crap out [ wearing the teeth of the larger gear ] on me so with the new one I have been pumping Slick 50 grease in on a regular basis. I do it before and after every long trip and sometimes every month as well. So far so good.

BTW the old worn gear is a good tool to use to get the bearing retainer of the rear hub, so don't throw your old one away..

Dereck