2011 FD Spline Grease

[kyrano]

What grease/make do you recommend for my 2011 GSA FD splines

 

[oddshapedballs]

I use a tube of Honda Moly 60 paste.

 

[duckspeed]

Go and speak to BMW there's a specific thick white grease which is also used to seal the FD gaiter from water ingress

 

[Bendy toy]

I used red rubber grease on the gaiter with a high moly CV joint grease on the drive splines. I used the same moly grease on the FD pivot needle rollers. Well packed because they oscillate.

 

[kyrano]

Hi Bendy, I have the rubber grease, it was which grease for the splines as there are so many different answers on here, the moly CV stuff is that horrible grey/black stuff eh do you recommend a decent make of grease

 

[Pukmeister]

Molybdenum disulphide based grease will coat the splines at a molecular level with alternating layers of molybdenum and sulphur, allowing the two surfaces to slide relative to each other under very high pressure or friction without binding, galling or fretting.

 

[kyrano]

Any recommended brands ?

 

[Bendy toy]

Mine is Castrol but this was simply what I could find at the time. You can buy small pillow packs from car parts suppliers enough to do one CV joint. I use it in wheel bearings and needle roller rocking bearings. Wheel bearings - fill 50% so the grease can move around the rollers. Rocking bearings - pack full so they are less likely to scrape a dry patch under the limited movement contact area.

 

[kyrano]

Cheers for all the information here, I shall have a search

 

[Pukmeister]

Any brand should suffice eg castrol, comma, rocol or whatever brand your motor factors supplies. The moly is the key bit.

A little goes a long way.

 

[kyrano]

Thanks for all the information guys