Green Goo

[RAYZER]

Was crawling around under da deuce the other day and disscovered water driping out from the pass side front axle knuckle boot! hmm? must be the result of one of my recent fording expiditions! anyway, pulled one of the kingpin bottom bolts and a qt of brown water poured out "oh thats good", so i promptly jacked it up and proceeded to take it apart ( i love working on this big stuff, its easy and fun! really! ) pulled the spindle and axle, cleaned everything up (with about 8 rolls of paper towels) both seals looked good, need to order a outer wheel bearing soon! greased it all up and slaped it back together! even set my toe in while i was at it. and while i was at it, i might as well pull the left side front axle flange and look at that set of wheel bearings, ok," might as well pull this side all apart and see what falls out" so when i took the spindle off,about two qts of Green Goo ploped out into the hazmat pan!!! no water at all, (just a few shades in color lighter than od green) Green Goo! this Green Goo was about the consistency of pudding and filled the knuckle cavity about 1/2, what is this Green Goo? I dont know? it seems to have kept everything well lubricated ,had a brand new axle and u joint runing in it, i mean the u joint caps were as shiney as a new penny! now i know that my deuce was bought from auction last nov. and no one's been in there since, so the Green Goo and new axle had to have been added while the truck was still in service.

What is this Green Goo and where can i get some?

ps: just wanted to see how many times i could say "Green Goo"

 

[gimpyrobb]

Some marine based lubes are green.

 

[wikallen]

Reminds me of Saturday morning after drinking Margarita's and eating mexican food the night before.

 

[rchalmers3]

Well, if your truck was parked down this way under some trees I'd guess it was monkey dung.

Otherwise I'd say its a normal grease with some proprietary coloring that has loosened up over time.

Good job on the maintenance. Feels good to know its in good shape, eh?

Rick

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

The local mexican food restaurants call that mysterious GREEN GOOP - - GUACAMOLE The discoloration to various shades of OD Green is probably the result of using OLD avocados.

Here's the SECRET FORMULA....

Ingredients

• 2 avocados, halved with pits removed
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
• 1/2 cup diced sweet onion
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 2 cups cottage cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

• Scoop flesh out of the avocado and place it in a medium size mixing bowl. Mash the avocado well. Add lemon juice to the avocado and mix well. Place tomatoes, jalapeno pepper, onion, cottage cheese, garlic powder, salt and pepper into the mixing bowl; stir until the ingredient are combined. Chill for at least one hour before serving.

 

[rchalmers3]

Naw, man, leave the pepper seeds in!!!

Rick

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Naw, man, leave the pepper seeds in!!!

Rick

Dang you caught me... that's NOT the REAL Secret Recipe, just one that I quickly cut & pasted from some recipe website for grins.

I wonder how well guacamole would work as a gear-lube

 

[rchalmers3]

I think it would get too hot. Yuk yuk!

Rick

 

[Mister Sunday]

I hope it wasn't supposed to be tomatillo sauce!

 

[earnie]

aww man i hate it when king kong blows his nose on my bench

 

[RAYZER]

LOL! thats some funy stuff! but seriously, the ujoints look like they are'nt sealed units and have no grease fitings on them,are they suposed to run in Green Goo?

 

[Heavysteven]

Thats new to me green goo. I did not see that when doing my front end.

Did you hit the Kool-Aid man?

 

[Heavysteven]

LOL! thats some funy stuff! but seriously, the ujoints look like they are'nt sealed units and have no grease fitings on them,are they suposed to run in Green Goo?

Mine were sealed so i use my finger and lubricated them with grease.

 

[Heavysteven]

I had fun doing mine Also, since your doing all that work make sure your axle vent is working or replace it.

 

[RAYZER]

ya, only one of mine had Green Goo, the one with the new axle! does'nt look like my ujoints were sealed and had no grease serts., tm 9-2320-461-20 states, lubricate u-joint, that cant mean take it apart and lubricate it, the Green Goo looked like it worked very well for lubrication to u-joint.thrust washers and bushings,i think this type of lube is a good idea! as for the axle vents, i did away with them and installed a breather hose fording system, no more cloged vents for me!

 

[Floridianson]

I believe and posted before whenever you come out of the water that you should drop one of the bolts to see and drain water.
Also if you don't have the old style ball joint don't pack the knuckle that way the water will come out and you can run longer till you get a chance to do the axle boot.

 

[Heavysteven]

I did not pack the axle boot with grease. I just understand why it should be filled.