Date:         Mon, 18 Oct 2021 19:16:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
Comments: To: "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com>
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Did both rear axles this last summer. Replaced on joint with a good used spare from my spare axle assembly.

I just use the napa moly grease, seems to work fine for me. I am tempted by the exotic grease but haven’t bitten.

That spare axle… I was carrying it in an old work pant leg, under the rear seat. I made up some blanking plates to cover the joint ends. They bolt on to the cv joint bolt hole circle . That way I can carry the axle assembly all greased with out too much mess.

Alistair 

> On 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