Cornhead grease vs hypoid gear oil

[rkep01]

Can John Deere Cornhead grease, which has EP additives, be used in place of hypoid gear oil in, say, a diff? Any thoughts? :confuse: https://www.greenpartstore.com/John-Deere-Special-Purpose-Corn-Head-Gun-Grease-AN102562.html

 

[Trevor Jessie]

NO.

 

[Tullamore]

You want to do what...

 

[Westfield_XI]

OK, can it be used in a steering rack? Will the steering be stiffer on cold mornings as opposed to the oil that is recommended?

 

[The_architect]

Some people do use it for this application, Westfield, and I have never heard any complaints.

It is an interesting material. Here's a promotional youtube video [ cornhead grease video. which has some interesting information.

It is used in a gearbox in this video, but I don't see why one would put it in a differential when gear oil has worked just fine for a long, long time.

 

[nomad]

but I don't see why one would put it in a differential when gear oil has worked just fine for a long, long time.

I agree but on corn head's it is used in gearbox's.

Kurt.

 

[The_architect]

Correct, Kurt. I believe that a cornhead box is shown in the video. It seems to be running pretty slowly; my guess is a diffy runs much faster.