Koyo's facts about bearing maintenance

[Killerbug]

Just wanted to share this with you, Koyo facts about bearing maintenance(lubrication) from the Japanese bearing manufacturer Koyo.

http://www.koyo.de/09/9_1_1.htm

NB. Koyo IAR bearings are used in fishing reels.

[alantani]

interesting read.  it would be nice to find a way to reproduce the charts so that they are visible here without having to go to the link. 

[Killerbug]

I suppose these two are the most interesting?

[Killerbug]

Found another table from a manufacturer of aluminum complex grease. I think Yamaha grease is also aluminum complex, so this table seems to confirm
the good properties Alan has been talking about.

[alantani]

interesting.  so when they talk about fluorine compounds or fluorinated oils, are they talking about teflon?

[alantani]

and thank you very much for posting all of this!

[Killerbug]

interesting.  so when they talk about fluorine compounds or fluorinated oils, are they talking about teflon?

I am not sure, but I think so.  At least name and temperature span point in that direction.

[alantani]

i was curious about bentone.  looks like it's similar to bentonite, which is a clay. 
http://www.elementis.com/esweb/webproducts.nsf/allbydocid/31BD3567592F116485257657004AEBFB/$FILE/BENTONE%20SD%C2%AE-2.pdf

BENTONE SD-2 rheological additive is an
organic derivative of a bentonite clay. It is
designed for use in moderate to high polarity
systems containing solvents such a ketones,
esters, glycol ethers and alcohols, including polar
systems with some aromatic solvents.

[Killerbug]

Found some synthetic greases containing Bentone, seems as they can resist higher temperatures than other types of grease.  Maybe they use Bentone  because it is cheaper than Teflon?

http://www.schaefferoil.com/moly-syngard.html

This one might be work for drags?

http://www.schaefferoil.com/greases.html

The whole product line

http://www.schaefferoil.com/moly-ultra-red-grease.html

Ultra Red, probably a god all purpose grease for reels.