grease the helix bushing?

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I always thought you weren't supposed to use grease on any of the bushings in the secondary but I just noticed that my service manual says to use grease (Esso Beacon 325) for the helix bushing? Well not the bushing itself but the shaft that it rides on. What is the best thing to use? I'm sure some people are going to say nothing at all but since they say to use it I was just wondering about it.
 
And another thing I just noticed is that the service manual says to use molybdenum disulfide grease on the face of the clutch weights. Does anyone do this? I have some very good moly grease from Honda, is that the type of moly grease they're talking about? The Honda grease is 60% moly. Or are they talking about something like anti-seize type stuff?
 
for a hundred years i been using comet clutch spray,it's like a graphite
type spray, i hit all pins and bushings,rollers in the clutch,it leaves a dry film that's durable and wont wear off for a wile.

Moly grease is a great grease to use for things that "slide" to prevent wear

i could see putting just a very thin coat on the helix for the buttons to slid
on, i've read that too before.
 
Honda Moly 60

And here's a quote from another page: "Honda specifies a spline grease which is 60% molybdenum disulfide ("moly"). Moly is a dry lubricant which bonds to the metal surfaces, offering lubrication properties even when the parts have squeezed everything liquid out. A lot of greases now say "Moly" on the container, but you must be careful about this. Ford and Caterpillar specify moly greases for particular applications, but the requirement is for 3% moly, not even close to the 60% requirement of Honda. It's not enough to buy a moly grease, what you really want is basically dry moly in a grease-like carrier which makes it easier to apply." from here

I got this stuff for my Honda Valkyrie. You're supposed to use it on the drive splines in the rear wheel/shaft drive. It's good sh*t.

I'll have to ask my dealer if they use anything, maybe they carry something like the stuff you're talking about. Thanks.
 
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Hmmm..well thats cool we tried and tried to get more then 5% for our
equipment at work called john Deer and all over and could only come
up with 3-5%, i'll have to hit up my Honda dealer see if i can score some..

thanks for the tip......
 
I got it from Peacock in Baldwin when I put new Metzeler's on my bike and I didn't think they'd have it in stock but they did. It's not cheap though. I think I paid $7 or $8 for that little tube of it.
 
Moly grease is a great grease to use for things that "slide" to prevent wear

i could see putting just a very thin coat on the helix for the buttons to slid
on, i've read that too before.
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GREASE on the helix buttons............ when you get heat in the clutch the grease will melt and then be flung on the belt, at least the belt will be well lubed too. :rofl:

The reason they dont use grease on the buttons is because they are a graphite impregnated plastic buttons, this requires no lube.
 
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The only thing i put on my clutches is a dry graphite, I get it at the hobby shop, I polish the bushings and the ramps on the helix with it, not to mention the buttons on both the primary and secondary slides! you dont need a roller clutch with this stuff! works awesome!!!
 
Great, again thaks for the info, i'll check into it more and probably buy a few dozen cases....lol

this will work killer on fithwheel plate's on our trucks..
 
daman said:
He does, i got the idea from him...
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ok thanks, somehow I got behind and missed the other posts :rofl: And I wasn't talking about greasing the buttons for the helix, just the bushing in the center that rides on the shaft or whatever.
 
no grease, what youll find is the clutch will stay cleaner without it, the grease gets warm and melts and then it gives the clutch dust/belt dust something to stick to, if its all clean and dry it doesnt stick to it nearly as easy. Also the bushings in the pins,weights rollers are all designed to be lube free bushings, they operate without needing lube added. I do know the service manual like daman lives out of shows lube but youll find a cleaner running clutch without grease, the same goes for the helix bushings, they are a dry type bushing.

the old spray comet clutch stuff is ok, but not really needed, you wont find any significant gain on parts life or anything, the clutchs just need to be washed and blowed dry with compressed air every season and they will last a long long time without issues.
 
Thats how much mrsv knows about moly,it's a dry film lubricant so it can be
washed out heated and still protect,unless you helix gets that hot and melt.
 
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