I went to the trouble of constructing a plywood box, mounted on underside of Vanagon, with brand new ready-to-go half-axle inside; top quality, Lobro CV joints. I do some long roadtrips. Just for peace of mind. Cross country, most folks don't even know what a Vanagon is. Even mechanics. So having the part ready is cheap insurance. For me. On Monday, October 18, 2021, 09:18:48 AM PDT, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: I had my mechanic replace the boots and repack the grease last month at 222K miles. Before that it was in 2015 at 199K miles, tintop Syncro. So 23K miles in 6 years. On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 6:49 AM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > I was going through some shelves in my garage this morning and came across > a container of the CV lube that Chris sells/sold at T3techniques. It's > called CV-2, a stinky muddy-looking heavy grease. It got me wondering when > was the last time I packed my axle joints because I used this stuff. I > looked it up in my log, the date was 2013, almost 60,000 miles ago. > > This seems like a long time compared to what I had previously been used to. > Thoughts and experiences? > > Now that I have stated this publicly, I realize that the CV joints are not > long for this world. But I had to ask. > > Jim > |
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