I'm almost done putting together a chrysler 8 3/4 axle that's going into my 91 dodge power ram 150, it's a short bed 4x4 truck, it did have a chrysler 9 1/4 in it but the pinion bearings went south and I'm starting to feel a lot of thumping from the rear axle, instead of re-building the 9 1/4 I decided to get ahold of an 8 3/4. I don't like the 9 1/4 crush sleeve for pinion bearing pre-load and I don't like that the 9 1/4 is a c clip axle.
The 8 3/4 is far superior in my opinion. I put new inner wheel seals in the axle, the bearings and races look good to me, so I decided to take a chance on them and grease them up and use them.
I have some Napa premium performance grease, it says wheel bearings and chassis grease, it's a white lithium grease made by Ashland for Napa, it's pretty tacky, then I have some valvoline synpower grease that is a lithium grease with some moly in it. What would you use out of the two? I'm leaning towords using the Napa grease because it seems like it is tackier to me and I've used it on my front wheel bearings in my dana 44 with good results.
The 8 3/4 is far superior in my opinion. I put new inner wheel seals in the axle, the bearings and races look good to me, so I decided to take a chance on them and grease them up and use them.
I have some Napa premium performance grease, it says wheel bearings and chassis grease, it's a white lithium grease made by Ashland for Napa, it's pretty tacky, then I have some valvoline synpower grease that is a lithium grease with some moly in it. What would you use out of the two? I'm leaning towords using the Napa grease because it seems like it is tackier to me and I've used it on my front wheel bearings in my dana 44 with good results.
