I'm about to greas up the starter ... but I'm confused about what type of grease I should use. I don't want use the wrong grease, that would be bad I think ...

 

anyone ....? I"m sure some of you guys have re-greased the starter ... I saw on the motorvate.ca website he used some Lithium based grease .... just wondering what you guys used ...

 

.... anyone?

 

Just go to shucks (or your closest auto supply store) and ask them for lithium based greased. I believe its white but i cant remember; its been a while. Just ask them and make sure its out of an arosol can.

 

alleydawg6, you going to do a fresh writeup on greasing the starter ?

 

The one i JUST picked up at KRAGEN for 3.50$ is called

WHITE LITHIUM GREASE

Came in a aerosol can.

 

I used the red synthetic grease from Wally World. Universal all around grease. That was at least a year ago. Still starts without noise!!

 

Sure no problem ... I'll keep you guys posted ... just in case I forget send me a PM ... thanx man

 

Thanx alot guys ... I'm planning on doing it by Tuesday ... so I'll write up a new How to on re-greasing the starter ...

 

it really aint difficult at all. It took me 30 - 45 minutes at most.

 

well this will be my first time doing it ... so I'll see how easy/difficult it is ... any pointers u wanna give me?

 

pick up some throttle body cleaner to clean off the old-sticky grease.

 

First of all, the FSM said the grease should be hi-temp. grease. Any grease for high-temp use is good. I was using hi-temp bearing grease. All good.

Secondly, since you would remove the air duct up to throttle body, it's harmless to do a TB cleaning.

Good luck and keep us posted.

 

thanx for the tip ... will keep you guys posted ....

 

I used Mobil1 Synthetic Grease.

After 60K miles on the Mobil1 Syn Grease the starter starts like new with no sounds. Apply generously on the miniature gears of the starter.

 

wow that's nice thanx for the tip ... but unfortunately I already bought the grease that everyone else recommended which was High Temp Lithium based grease ... I'm planning on doing it tomorrow so I'll post after I'm done ... I will also take pictures of the whole thing and do a write up ....

 

ok finally did the starter today ... it wasn't that bad at all ... the hardest part in my opinion was getting the 2 bolts off, they required a lot of manual torque ... lol ... I'm in class right now, but when I get out I'll do the write up with the pictures ...

 

yeah when i was grounding my starter the 2 bolts were harsh. (I tried both of them before one of them actually came off)

 

I did a write up, but unfortunately I can't post it here because we are limited to 5 pictures per post .... so if anyone wants me to I can PM them the write up ... let me know

Ali