Suzuki moly paste

[RogerW]

Does anyone know the percentage of moly in the Suzuki moly paste? Thanks

 

[Steve]

Sorry, can't help you there.

Have been looking for a while, all the searches only mention forums that are mentioning that Suzuki Moly is hard to find and recommend using Honda Moly 60, instead.

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[bwringer]

Sorry, can't help you there.

Have been looking for a while, all the searches only mention forums that are mentioning that Suzuki Moly is hard to find and recommend using Honda Moly 60, instead.

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Same here. The Honda 60 stuff is the bee's knees for this. However, it looks like it may not be available any more.

There's a "Honda 77" grease out there, but it's not clear what it is exactly. Not sure what Honda (or Yamaha, or whoever) is using to lube their shaft drive splines these days.

There's a "Jet-lube" that's 50% moly. Spendy.
https://www.amazon.com/Jet-Lube-MP-...D=41zrfFbn8kL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=detail

Loctite sells a 65% moly paste that would also work fine. Also rather spendy:
https://www.amazon.com/Loctite-234227-LOC51048-Anti-Seize-Compound/dp/B001HWBSJW

The "moly" grease you'll find at an auto parts store only has a very small percentage of molybdenum; just enough to turn it black. It is not suitable for drive splines.

The right stuff for splines is a thick, gritty paste -- totally unsuitable for bearings, seals, or pretty anything else except splines.

 

[GregT]

I'd be tempted to look at camshaft installation moly lubes. Very good load capacity and in my local experience, not too dear.

 

[Brendan W]

There was a time 60 meant 60% Molybdenum Disulphide by weight and it was almost the standard for Moly grease.
At a guess many unscrupulous sellers have piggybacked on to that.
Double check the MSDS sheets.
There are now 65s, 70s and 77s
At the higher weights manufacturers recommend use as assembly paste or for slow moving parts.
One example https://www.tsmoly.com/anti-seize-lubricants-compounds-moly-paste-with-mossub2sub-p-92.html
You auto parts store may have small quantities of 60 for CV joint repair kits

 

[Steve]

The "moly" grease you'll find at an auto parts store only has a very small percentage of molybdenum; just enough to turn it black. It is not suitable for drive splines.

It is my understanding that a grease only has to contain about 5% molybdenum disulphide to be called a "moly" lube. That is nowhere near enough to lube the splines properly. Better than nothing at all, but not by much.

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[Fjbj40]

Have a look at Dow Corning Molykote 77 or GN paste. The 77 is 60% moly by weight.

We use it on starter generator splines on the PW PT-6 engines and I have never seen spline wear on engines with 10,000 hours of service.

Worth a look.

 

[Fjbj40]

Same here. The Honda 60 stuff is the bee's knees for this. However, it looks like it may not be available any more.

There's a "Honda 77" grease out there, but it's not clear what it is exactly. Not sure what Honda (or Yamaha, or whoever) is using to lube their shaft drive splines these days.

There's a "Jet-lube" that's 50% moly. Spendy.
https://www.amazon.com/Jet-Lube-MP-...D=41zrfFbn8kL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=detail

Loctite sells a 65% moly paste that would also work fine. Also rather spendy:
https://www.amazon.com/Loctite-234227-LOC51048-Anti-Seize-Compound/dp/B001HWBSJW

The "moly" grease you'll find at an auto parts store only has a very small percentage of molybdenum; just enough to turn it black. It is not suitable for drive splines.

The right stuff for splines is a thick, gritty paste -- totally unsuitable for bearings, seals, or pretty anything else except splines.

I wonder if that Honda 77 is Molykote77, rebadged for Honda?