Vixen GP worm grease

[cuivenion]

I've just regreased the dec axis of my Vixen GP with LM2 lithium grease as it was quite stiff to turn. However this grease is unsuitable for the worm gear. I've read this in another post:

“About types of grease, silicon grease of high viscosity (like clear, glutinous malt-sugar) is used for worm gears. Car axle oil mixed with silicon grease (like jelly) is used for RA axis shaft and DEC axis shaft.”

Can anyone recommend a silicone grease of high viscosity? I've tried googling but I'm getting all sorts of results, and its not easy to sort the wheat from the chaff. To be honest if anyone can recommend the greases for the shaft that would be great as well, but it's the worm gears I'm really concerned with.

[Peter Drew]

Try Rocol Kilopoise. 

[cuivenion]

Thanks Peter, I can only find large expensive tubs of it though, any idea where I could get a more affordable tube?

[cuivenion]

Well I contacted Rocol online and by phone and they couldn't give me prices, and they put me through to a distributor that wasn't sure what it was!

[Peter Drew]

It always used to be available in small toothpaste size tubes. Haven't bought any for ages as it goes a long way. You could try a bearing factors, they sometimes list such items.

[cuivenion]

They only do larger amounts unfortunately.

 

[cuivenion]

Unfortunatley the rocal is not available in small tubes anymore, is there anything else that would be suitable?

[D Wright]

I have a Vixen GP mount which I stripped down, cleaned and regreased. I used the grease you get with a car CV boot replacement kit. I got this free from my local garage. It is lithium grease but it is grey. The mount is now buttery smooth and due to the high revolutions of the CV joint should be suitable for the worms. So far it seems to be working very well.

[cuivenion]

I've seen this recommended, so I might have to go with this:

http://www.debben.co.uk/lubriplate.html

[cuivenion]

I would also ask, when applying the grease to the worm how much should be used? The original seemed quite thick on the worm. Should I also coat the worm wheel?

[Peter Drew]

It's a good idea to grease the wormwheel to make sure there is lubrication all round but go sparingly or the worm will create a bow wave of grease build up. 

[cuivenion]

Thats great thanks.

[cuivenion]

In the end I went with loctite super lube, as there were a lot of people recommending it. I'll report back with my take on it once I get it sorted.