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Originally Posted by pluton
The issue with mixing greases is "Is the base soap the same?"
Most common base is Lithium. Stalube had a grease for disc brake wheel bearings that was Aluminum base. I once mixed the two types as an experiment, and fairly quickly, the mixture caked up and was very un-grease-like.
So, the question is: Is the Toyota grease Lithium base? If it is, you can probably mix any other Lithium base grease into it without issue.
But: How to find out? I haven't a clue.
The safest thing is to remove the old, mystery grease and put all new stuff in, but that's not going to happen here.
I'd ask an experienced tech at a successful shop that is familiar with Toyota trucks and Land Cruisers what they'd use.
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From what I researched the outer is a friction joint and
probably uses moly grease, but the inside is a non-friction joint and
probably uses regular lithium high pressure grease. I'm not going to put a huge number of miles on it before I get around to rebooting properly or replacing so not a big deal really.
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