T/S socket grease?

Trader wrote:

40 years of experience is good by me.

Please explain why the Lubriplate product is inferior.

I'd certainly like to know the in's and outs of better products and why.

Please elaborate.

6PakBee, you have a similar opinion. The question is the same, why?

I've used the Lubriplate here in the salt belt for all my life and it's always been good for me. If there's a better product I'd use it.

Sure, I'm basing my opinion on what I've see. What I've seen eventually happen with the white grease (I am assuming that it is the Lubriplate product or an equivalent) is that it hardens and becomes a semi-solid rather than a paste. I can't see how long term you are going to maintain corrosion protection with that. The silicone grease on the other hand (at least in the 10+ years I've been using it) is as 'greasy' now as it was when I put it in the connectors. Your comment about the Lubriplate being a switch contact lubricant is well taken but that is a bit different than an anti-corrosion product.

Roger Gazur
1969 'B' Scheme SC/Rambler
1970 RWB 4-spd Machine
1970 Sonic Silver auto AMX

All project cars.

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New chemicals are almost universally better than old chemistry. I can't think of a single chemical from the 1960's I'd prefer over modern ones.

Dielectric greases are grease with low film strength, allows for metal to metal contact. Lubricants have high film strength for the exact opposite reason (metal to metal is destruction).

1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5
http://www.ramblerLore.com

This is what I use. And a price drop. Silicone has been the standard for decades for caliper pins and electrical connectors- get into the 21st century and put down the lubriplate. Edit- silicone paste can also be used on weatherseals.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B005RNEH5O/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Assembly lube- I use a moly paste. This is the last brand I bought. Doesnt drip off like the red Permatex product.

https://smile.amazon.com/Sta-Lube-SL3331-Extreme-Pressure-Assembly/dp/B000M8RYUE/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=engine+assembly+lube&qid=1606837840&s=automotive&sr=1-4

Edited by Steve_P - Dec/01/2020 at 9:55am

Back when I worked at the dealership, white grease did everything from lubing door hinges to the back of light bulbs when they were metal. And the only product that has kept its good reputation is Marvel mystery oil. It cleans fuel lines, quiets lifters and smells nice...

Yeah, chemistry is a branch of physics, which has been undergoing more or less revolution ongoing for 100 years, and in the last 25, nearly vertical gains in knowledge. That knowledge plus computer-based analysis and measurement, and closed-loop process control, has revolutionized materials science. There's materials today that if you showed up with them in 1970, people would think you're from outer space.

About 10 years ago I started tossing all my old chemicals, and try to each year see what the new stuff is. Permatex's new stuff, though it's all just 'trickle down' from the auto industry, is so much better than stuff from even 10 years ago it's not funny.

Right Stuff, assemble engines with only dimensional gaskets (head, oil pump). Ultra Grey and Ultra Black, use them like those old silicones but they are not, at all, they're completely different. I use 600 degree F flexible sealers on exhaust manifolds.

Lubricants too, just unbelievably better, more consistent.

De-oxit is pretty good stuff. Every radio station I ever worked in used it (back when those required a room; now it's a shared virtual server and a nice DAC at the transmitter).

1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5
http://www.ramblerLore.com