Date:         Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:41:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Organization: The Cobalt Group
Subject:      Re: Cost effective? (CV joint repack)
Comments: To: EVEHART33@aol.com
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That is an interesting experiment!  How the grease holds up long term is
the question though.  I would like the synthetics due to their highly
consistent base, and I am actually looking forward to trying the RED
Redline CV2 grease! I wonder if it is as hard to clean up as the black
stuff!

EVEHART33@aol.com wrote:
>
> I don't like this job either. The last time I did it I used a mechanic
> friend's solvent tank to clean everything up. I was going to use the Redline
> grease but he happened to have some remnants of Amsoil, Swepco, Wurth, and
> StaLube moly grease  laying around so I decided to experiment by applying
> different greases to some clean ball bearings and cv races to see how it
> would pack. If an affinity to stick to metal surfaces is any measure of a
> grease's effectiveness then I would rate the Wurth and Swepco a 10 and a 9
> with the Amsoil and Redline equal at about a 7. I ended up packing my 2 new
> joints with the Redline and the good used ones with Swepco. It was really
> noticeable how much better the Swepco grease packed the joints. Just my .02
> observation.
>
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Stuart MacMillan
Manager, Case Program
800-909-8244 ext. 8208
Fax: 206-269-6360

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