Date:         Sun, 27 Apr 2014 18:02:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: CV Joints
Comments: To: Ed McLean <email99@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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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


-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Ed McLean
(Snip:)

I purchased four new Lobro joints, greased them with conventional moly CV
joint grease and after  three years I serviced them again when I did a Tiico
conversion.  I found them significantly galled and pitted.  If fact, they
were worse than the ones that had acted up in '96.  I put the old ones back
in and greased them with Valvoline Semi-Synthetic DuraLube moly grease and
have been using them since.  The engine was changed to a 165hp Subaru in
2005 and has been driven aggressively since.

In closing, the named grease had not dried out any over the 13 years and
150k miles and it protected the joints better than I had expected and
certainly better than the conventional moly grease i had used before.

Of course, YMMV.