Spline grease trial

[Grimly]

Just came across Molyslip AS 40 assembly / anti-scuffing paste, so I'm giving it a try on the rear splines next wheel change.
Should function ok, if the stuff stays in place. Prior to this I've been using Castrol Moly grease which has a moly content but might be as low as 4%.
The Castrol grease hasn't led me to suspect it's not up to the job, as I've had no spline wear in many years and miles, but it might be good to find a much cheaper alternative to the wickedly over-priced Honda Moly paste.
This stuff is 40% moly; there is a 60% moly paste but couldn't find that anywhere.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B087XMJ9B9/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Redman]

For reference: 500g is over 1 pound.

 

[fastbysuzuki]

I have a tin of rocol ani-scuff it has a very high moly content but is similar to the moly one in the post, I use it on the wheel splines and it is great for coating the camshafts on assembly.

 

[Brendan W]

I have a tube of that Moly assy stuff. I've been noticing that it dries out.
I wonder how high the Moly content would be if I helped it along a bit?

 

[Grimly]

If this stuff dries out, I suspect it will leave a fairly good film on the surface anyway. However, I can try mixing a little bit of the Catrol moly grease with it, so that I still have the greasy nature of the Castrol, but heavily fortified with the active ingredient.
The impetus to try something different came when I saw how badly worn the drive splines were on a wheel I bought, but I suspect it had hardly ever been greased.

 

[rphillips]

Just be aware of how you mix them. If you mix it 50/50 your 40% moly paste becomes 20% moly paste.

 

[Grimly]

Interesting...

https://www.motorcycleproject.com/text/malice_in_aftermarketland.html

Then there is the famous Honda moly grease, which was mandated for use on their shaft driven motorcycles in connection with a GWRRA-inspired 1982 GL1100 driven flange warranty extension, a great product originally containing some 45 percent actual moly metal content, later revised to 60 percent and depended on by many. Recently though Honda quietly and inexplicably superceded the part number for this grease to a China-sourced run of the mill assembly lube containing a third of the original's moly. Now all those Honda (and surprisingly, BMW) drive shaft bike riders have to find their high content moly grease elsewhere.

 

[headsbikesmopars]

LOCTITE makes the 60% moly paste and combined with Belray's water proof moly grease it stays put even in wet conditions or pressure washings .

 

[bwringer]

LOCTITE makes the 60% moly paste and combined with Belray's water proof moly grease it stays put even in wet conditions or pressure washings .

Yep, my last tube of the Honda good stuff is very nearly gone, and the Loctite moly paste is a great substitute.

It's Loctite LB 8012. I think I ordered mine from Amazon, or it might have been McMaster-Carr. The container says it's 65% molybdenum.

I don't see why you'd need to mix or dilute it with anything; it's waterproof on its own.