Dukes Grease - Mix It Yourself, or ?

[PT20J]

6 minutes ago, Fly Boomer said:

Instead of the adjustable tension coupler, I have been wanting to try one of these:

https://locknlube.com/products/locknlube-grease-coupler?variant=32586284204116

Any experience with these lock and release types?

It works but it's too long to get onto all the zerks on my plane.

[N201MKTurbo]

32 minutes ago, Fly Boomer said:

Instead of the adjustable tension coupler, I have been wanting to try one of these:

https://locknlube.com/products/locknlube-grease-coupler?variant=32586284204116

Any experience with these lock and release types?

I use one on my grease gun. I really like it. There are a couple of zerks in the nose wheel well you cannot use it on, but I bought their accessory kit and the adapters make it easy to do them. The kit is very high quality.

[EricJ]

9 hours ago, Fly Boomer said:

Instead of the adjustable tension coupler, I have been wanting to try one of these:

https://locknlube.com/products/locknlube-grease-coupler?variant=32586284204116

Any experience with these lock and release types?

I use one.    They're very handy in many cases.    It makes a lot of the zerks much easier to grease.

[Hank]

I always find and clean all zerks on one gear leg before greasing any of them, then I start at the top and grease my way down--my arm stays cleaner by not rubbing across already-greased zerks. The nose gear has 8 fittings, each main leg has 11. Unless I have it backwards . . . But it's definitely 8 and 11.

[cliffy]

No but I might try one

[ProtoFly]

Update on the topic of the 'Dukes grease'.  I mixed Aeroshell 64 (Aeroshell 7 with 5% Moly) with another 5% of moly.  Really, REALLY dark and slippery stuff.  Removed the actuator, and when I opened up the gear area, it had a much lighter color, but still 'fresh-ish' grease in there.  Cleaned it all out very thoroughly, checked backlash and wear (all good), and then packed with the new mixture.  SB completed.

Filled up a small grease gun with the new mix, ready for the next year.

I really was surprised at how small the gears really are.  I expected something a bit more beefy.

[MikeOH]

1 hour ago, ProtoFly said:

Update on the topic of the 'Dukes grease'.  I mixed Aeroshell 64 (Aeroshell 7 with 5% Moly) with another 5% of moly.  Really, REALLY dark and slippery stuff.  Removed the actuator, and when I opened up the gear area, it had a much lighter color, but still 'fresh-ish' grease in there.  Cleaned it all out very thoroughly, checked backlash and wear (all good), and then packed with the new mixture.  SB completed.

Filled up a small grease gun with the new mix, ready for the next year.

I really was surprised at how small the gears really are.  I expected something a bit more beefy.

Yeah, they are shockingly tiny, IMHO.

[201Steve]

How did you determine the 5%? Little sprinkle with your TLAR gauge?

[ProtoFly]

6 hours ago, 201Steve said:

How did you determine the 5%? Little sprinkle with your TLAR gauge?

This seemed like the most difficult part.  Estimating 5% by volume.  So, a little on a tongue depressor stick.  Since the Aeroshell 64 already has 5%, it seemed 'safe'....

[201Steve]

Yeah that’s what I did too.