To doublevan2, Laurie, and anyone else tuned in to this thread: the shop here in Boise (actually nearby Garden City) is Jim’s Drivetrain. A great old school kind of place. They say no matter what you end up with water in the hubs, if you spend a lot of time in deep water of serious wet conditions. With the “wrong” grease the whole grease blob tends to freeze a bit, so that the springs can’s fully engage or disengage the hubs, and things get stripped out. In warm or dry conditions this is not a factor. So they use a “light” white lithium grease. But a heavy lithium is too much, and turns into a paste that can cause problems.
Also for the ease of turning the hubs they spray it with some sort silicone spray that makes it easy to turn, but does not seem to collect dirt and grit and cause problems in that way.
That’s all I got.
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