Motorcycle Axle Grease

Eyeballed a HD forum and some say grease some say anti-seize.

Motorcycle axle grease. If your bike came with no grease on the axles its because your bike was built on. I was wondering with all the fancy spray greases on the market there should be something that would would work for our purpose. So here is a quick rundown on the proper way to apply grease and the easy things to avoid.

Also Know do you grease motorcycle wheel bearings. But then again there are no splines on the rear axle either so the guy your were talking to was obviously confused about what exactly the dealer worked on. At the very least do it the next time you install new tires.

Design Toscano Axle Grease the Biker Garden Gnome Motorcycle Statue 13 Inch Polyresin Full Color. 311 INC VAT259 EX VAT. To prevent them from seizing in their bearings apply a thin film of grease to both axles.

The light coating of grease should keep the shaft from seizing in the bearings. It is a good practice to grease the axle prior installation. Mintex Ceratec Anti Brake Squeal Lubricant.

Joined Sep 24 2009. Most other points wont have Zerk fittings so youll have to take them apart to apply the grease. Stops the axle corroding and potentially seizing solid in the bearing inners or elsewhere.

You need some grease on the axle to prevent corrosion I like the waterproof green grease but the High Temp Disk Brake grease with Moly works very good too. It took a lot of heat and an enormous hammer and it shot out with the inner bearing race still securely welded to it--. On all my bikes over the years when re-installing an axle I gave it a light coat of wheel bearing grease.