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05-17-2007, 04:55 PM

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FordMustangXBA

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RE: Unpleasant surprise

So what should I be using? 75w90? There is also 75 and 85w140...I'm not sure which I should be using. Thanks for the help.

05-17-2007, 05:13 PM

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bikeboyben14

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RE: Unpleasant surprise

i redid my rear end a few days ago and used royal purple 75-90

05-17-2007, 05:16 PM

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RE: Unpleasant surprise

redline also has the modifier in it

05-17-2007, 05:43 PM

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RE: Unpleasant surprise

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So I went to change the brake shoes on the passenger side rear, and I took the drum off to discoveraxle greaseeverywhere. What kind of oil do I need for the rear end? Also I'm going to need limited slip additive too right? Can you just get that at Advance?

Axle grease? Where the hell did that come from... the only fluids that you should ever see in that area are gear lube or brake fluid!!! I think you meant to say gear lube.

Actually I didn't mean to say gear lube...Why the hell would there be gear lube in my brake drums?? Hello? LOL...I need the gear lube because I need to refill the carrier after I pull my axles to redo the bearings and seals...the seals are why there is GREASE in my drum. But thanks anyway for trying to make me look like an idiot.

OMG, you ARE an idiot! When you replace the axle bearing, you lubricate them with gear lube, NOT axle grease! The whole rear is filled with gearlube, even the axle tubes... the axle seals keep the gear lube from leaking out the end of the tubes. THAT is how you would have gear lube in your drum brakes... idiot. I repeat, no axle grease should ever be present in your drum brakes... except for a small amount on the back plate where the shoes contact it. The only fluids that can be leaking into your drums are gear lube from bad axle sealsor brake fluid from your wheel cylinders. Open a Chilton and see if I'm right! Just trying to help you and not make you look like an idiot... but your are.

05-17-2007, 06:13 PM

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steel1

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RE: Unpleasant surprise

^^+1 You got it, if you're seeing lubricant of some kind, when you remove the brake drum, it's either axle seals or a wheelcylinder. My buddy and I just put gears in my 93 and I used 75w90 synthetic, about 1-1/2 quarts, it had the friction modifier in it. I think it was castrol.