Universal joint.

surreveps

surreveps

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What kind of grease shall I use for the u-joint by the trans on a 1932?
I read in the Ford Service Bulletin for June 1932 page 25 that they prescribe "a lubricant composed of cylinder oil, thickened with sodium tallow soap." ??
 
Thanks 19Fordy and marko39. I will see if it possible to get hold of the Corn Head Grease here in Gran Canaria.
 
This is my opinion based on my experience....for years, whenever I greased my old Ford,- I'm big on lubrication, not so much on polishing the paintwork, I'd just pump the universal joint housing full of regular chassis grease, whenever I did my routine lubrication, at least every thousand miles as per Ford recommendations, normally more often....after reading on here about JD corn head grease, I started using it. My opinion: use whatever, whenever I've stripped the old Ford at back of trans, the lube has resembled a semi-fluid grease anyway, on account of the oil that migrates through the rear trans bearing into that area and mixing with the chassis grease.
Basically, any lube is better than no lube, these old Fords are very forgiving, just keep it well lubed.
A common question on here pertains to which is the best engine oil. what is the answer?
 
The spinning joint will throw off most grease and I do not know if the Corn Head grease will recombine to lube the joint after running plus I would have to buy it 12 tubes at a time. I use a 0-0 grease which is a very thick liquid.
 
You can buy cornhead grease by the single tube at JD or even online from Walmart. I bet Amazon has it too.
 
JDCH Grease will mix with the chassis lube and transmission oil that I use. Not that I wanted to purposely mix these lubes, but I did want to know what would happen if they happened to come together in the same area. This is one of the tests I ran 12 years ago when I began using JDCHG in the universal and steering boxes on my '35 Fords. I have put many miles on my avatar '35 fordor since switching to JDCHG, and have had no issues with the universal or steering box gears.
 
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If you did a good job on clam gaskets,turtle gasket and your driveshaft seal is good and installed the right direction SAE 140 works fine.

Spec is 4oz btw.
 
Greases with Sodium based soap are still available and could be mixed with SAE-90 gear lube but the corn header gearbox grease is a better fit for that application. The thixotropic stuff liquifies any time thing start rotating and then re-solidifies after things stop moving. The old gear oil and sodium soap is more like mush but it did the job OK. This link mentions sodium based greases.
https://www.valvoline.com/en-eur/gr...d by,water resistance and oxidation stability.
 
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