I remember Arco Graphite oil. I used it in my 78 Scirocco the first few years of its life. I still have 2 quarts in my garage. -Dick- 78 Scirocco 87 Vanagon Syncro 12 Golf TDI
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Stuart MacMillan Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 6:02 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: CV Joints Thanks for the tip Ed! It makes sense to me that a semi synthetic grease with molybdenum would last at least as long as the boots stay intact. The synthetic grease won't dry out, and the moly withstands the pressure in a CV joint. There have been discussions on the list about poor quality boots, so I'm sticking with OEM boots until they fail, and I'm going on 29 years now. I think the Empi came in on top though if you can't find used OEM. This is such a messy, dirty, PITA job it should be done as infrequently as possible. Ideally, only when you are rebuilding the transmission! Speaking of messy, does anyone remember Arco's motor oil with graphite? Stuart |
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