Well, After only less then 3 years of use German Lobro boots were cracking bad enough to be replaced. I replaced them with Rockford superdooper boots but it's too soon to draw any conclusion. Those boots came with strange looking green grease but i used it aniway. And they were more expensive than Lobro boots. Leon 85 Subwagen Westy Damian Shaw wrote: > One other thing: the German or VW grease intended for CV use is > SUPERIOR to anything else. The moly and lead contents are critical. > Don't use anything else. In fact, if you buy a good boot kit, it will > contain a pack of the good grease and it won't even be an issue. Pep > Boys or others will have a grease pack in there that is full of inferior > grease. Consider this when you're price comparing on the boot kits. > Get a German kit and do it right. Nobody wants this service interval to > be short! > > Damian > (Who has rebuilt way to many VW cvs/half shafts!) |
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