What Type of grease for Wet Bolts

[mikedesj]

What type of grease is best for greasing the wet bolts. I am upgrading all of my suspension bolts, adding the SRE 4000. I was thinking about water proof (green) but afraid that may get to hard.

[WaltBennett]

Was thinking about saying "sticky grease", but that's just my old smart a** self kicking in. I know you don't need high-speed nor waterproof. I've been using the same lithium grease I use on my mower and other stuff. It's worked fine this far.

[Irlpguy]

I use the same grease I use to do my wheel bearings, I have the "Never Lube" axles and have a grease gun loaded with wheel bearing grease. Give the wet bolts a couple of shots at least once a year.

No need for a special grease on the wet bolts in my opinion. As Walt says "sticky is good".

[1retired06]

I use lithium base

[USNSS]

Check the dexter website, they have a chart of "approved" grease brands. I use Mystic JT-6 from the list for ease of buying. You may want to look into replacing the wet grease fittings with 45 or 90 degree fittings...makes greasing a lot easier, unless you take the tires off.

[mikedesj]

Thanks all for the input. Installed the SRE 4000 and wet bolts on my 2005 3400 today. All bolts took grease no problem. I utilized all of the tips I found on this forum like chamfering the holes and pumping grease in the bolts before I install them to verify that the holes are clear to making sure the holes are at 3 or 9 o'clock. I was amazed at how easy this install was. The worst part was crawling in and out from under the rig. Installing the rubber pin box this weekend.