Date:         Mon, 28 Apr 2014 06:44:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: CV Joints
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Amsoil purple… it seems everyone has a favorite grease but that grease is not the problem if you are using a good one. After all the demand on a cv joint grease is basically that it not dry out. The problem is the boots and good quality German boots. 

Jim

> On Apr 28, 2014, at 5:51 AM, Craig Cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Redline cv-2 grease. 
> No boots last long as the quality just sucks. 
> 
> -craig
> 
>> On Apr 28, 2014, at 2:55 AM, Dick Wong <sailingfc@DSLEXTREME.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> 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