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• Re: Cleaning Moly grease from clothing
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 9 Apr 2004 19:57:58 -0500
  ...Cleaning Moly grease from clothing > Has anyone had success cleaning Moly grease from clothing? > > I made he mistake of thinking I could wear a...
• Re: CV joints. Adding new grease.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:21:41 -0500
  Why do you feel the need to hap-hazardly add grease to the CV joints? Are they making noise or causing other trouble? Many...
• Re: cv joints
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 13:51:04 -0600
  ...Edison On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > I 'install' the grease with a putty...
• Re: Redline:CV-2 High temp. CV grease
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:19:57 -0800
  ...I don't have that problem with Swepco grease. I just got a couple of tubes of Prolong grease and was thinking of mixing...
• Re: CV Grease
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:11:29 -0400
  Everyone is absolutely correct that CV joint specific grease must be used. I am pretty sure that all of these contain the nasty black...
• Re: G-6 Grease
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Mar 1998 16:50:23 -0500
  This is a high temperature grease they distributed after it was found that conventional Molly grease was not holding up the Vanagons and some...
• Any grease or ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:27:51 -0700
  ...The question is; does it need to have a particular grease of any wheel bearing grease would do? Thanks List, Zoltan
• Re: What Grease to use on the Steering Box? ('81)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 02:13:49 -0500
  ...Bently doesn't mention the grease at all. What grease >have you used for this application? Any Litium Moly grease will do the job...
• Re: Di-Electric Grease....Magic Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:03:38 -0800
  ...Important to know what is actually happening with respect to greases and electrical contacts. Dielectric grease apparently is a "non-conductive" medium. so the...
• Re: Wheel bearings - how tight
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 06:29:54 -0500
  Pack them front brearings until all the old grease is replaced with new clean grease oozing out between the rollers---load up the spindles...
• Dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sat, 12 Jan 2019 22:24:55 +0000
  Quick question about using dielectric grease. I am cleaning ground connections and will be putting on dielectric grease for the first time (at least...
• Re: Red wheel bearing grease?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:02:10 -0500
  ...Hineline <hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote: > Is there a red wheel bearing grease? > Mobil 1 wheel bearing grease is red -- Michael Snow 1987 Syncro TiiCo...
• Re: Can_CV_Joint_Grease_be_Removed_from_Upholstery
  Historical mailing list - Ahlgrim, Kevin
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:11:44 -0400
  Cary, Get a can of Brake Clean and spray it on the grease spots. Then take a rag and mop up the Brake Clean...
• Re: replacement fuse cover for 85 needed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:41:10 -0400
  ...Vaseline is a perfectly good dielectric grease under the circumstances, even though technically it's not grease. It is dielectric. I bet the official...
• CV grease
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:10:59 -0700
  CV joints come in a kit with a tube of grease for each one, which is all I have ever used. At the FLAPS...
• Re: Shifter rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 2 Sep 2018 11:29:53 -0500
  ...With grease you have to limit access to dust and dirt. The good thing about it is that once in place, grease don't...
• Fwd: Can_CV_Joint_Grease_be_Removed_from_Upholstery
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:42:10 -0400
  ...A mechanic once left a huge smear of grease on my seat. He hit it with the brake clean and did just as Kevin...
• Re: Grease Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:07:34 -0800
  ...Grease Vanagon > Hey All- > > Did anyone happen to catch the bit on 'Ripley's Believe it or Not' about the > 82 Westy converted to...
• Re: rear axle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:47:43 -0500
  ...They may just need to be serviced, (boot and grease). The grease does dry up and bad grease will make them become clunky noisy...
• Re: grease beam
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:42:21 +0000
  ...grease beam I am going to grease my front beam/torsion bars with a general all purpose Lithium grease. Should I use a product...
• Re: greasing CV joints - Grease needle experience
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 07:45:12 -0800
  Stan, How do you adapt the thin brass tube to the end of the grease gun. This sounds like a great solution. William > I...
• Re: CV lube?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sat, 12 Nov 2016 14:15:14 -0500
  ...In simple terms greases consist of a soap base mixed with oil and other additives for a given set of applications. Greases are used...
• Re: dumb question - . MoS2 Grease
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:51:14 -0800
  >>> Racer X <akimmons@PDQ.NET> 09/12 5:30 PM >>> >> know this is dumb but what is MoS2 grease? It refers to it in...
• Re: Any grease or ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:41:06 -0700
  I just use a very high quality 'disc brake wheel bearing grease', Prolong is one brand I think highly of. Scott -----Original Message----- From...
• litium white grease/window regulator
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 00:00:29 -0700
  can anybody confirm for me, whether the grease in the window regulator, where the cable moves through, is white lithium grease.... _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM...
• Re: CV GREASE?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:59:00 -0500
  ...CV GREASE? > Hi Volks, > > I'm about to grease the cv joints. Bentley says use "G-6.3" > Conventional wisdom says to use a...
• Re: 15" wheels and tires from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 18:06:21 -0700
  It seems to me that the key here is "just enough grease to keep away corrosion, and not so much grease to float the...
• Re: best lube for sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:39:23 -0700
  ...I think using even more grease would provide even less noise. To grease the rear roller, I didn't have to remove the cover...
• Zerk grease-able balljoints?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 7 May 2012 14:43:11 -0600
  Hi Volks! I was wondering if there are any balljoints ,outer tie rod ends with grease zerks?? I stopped at the only flaps I...
• Re: RH Wheel Bearing Grease Cap
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:01:26 -0700
  Wheel bearing grease will not leak through the cap from properly packed bearings, even if the cap is loose. Either grease was erroneously put...
• Re: Red wheel bearing grease?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:37:50 -0500
  ...Red wheel bearing grease? Is there a red wheel bearing grease? Mark '82 Westy
• Grease Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Kraning
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:59:14 EST
  ...82 Westy converted to run on grease? Apparently these two guys drove across country powered on used grease donated from restaurants... Pretty SLICK, I...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Seal Issue (Pic)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:18:11 -0400
  At 08:55 PM 3/20/2009, neil N wrote... >In filling the groove in the seal with some grease (and ensuring there >was...
• Re: Shifter rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 2 Sep 2018 09:51:52 -0700
  ...With grease you have to limit access to dust and dirt. The good > thing about it is that once in place, grease don't...
• Re: Little bit of brake capliper info.
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:50:35 -0400
  It may look similar to a grease fitting but it is a bleeder valve for brake fluid. DO NOT inject grease into that fitting...
• Re: CV Joint Packing Grease?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 21:25:28 -0500
  CV joint grease contains IIRC moly-disulfide (sP) Special for high pressure areas. This is what came with the joint. Don't waste your...
• Re: Shifter rebuild
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 3 Sep 2018 08:21:56 -0400
  As Jim suggests, Lithium grease is what I use. You can get it in a spray can. Ken On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at...
• Clutch Release Shaft Removal
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 19:45:20 -0800
  ...Is this a lithium based multi-purpose grease? The recommended grease for the release shaft, again from the Bentley, is molydisulphide for all r...
• Re: Grease Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Harrnacker
  Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:29:28 -0800
  ...www.greasecar.com --- Scott Kraning <OuiSki1@AOL.COM> wrote: > Hey All- > > Did anyone happen to catch the bit on 'Ripley's > Believe it or...
• Re: greasing CV joints - Grease needle experience
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:52:23 -0500
  I use this needle to top up the CV joint grease almost every year. Instead of actually poking a hole through the CV boot...
• Re: CV Joint Packing Grease?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 19:22:44 -0600
  I've been buying molybdenum grease by Valvoline for 10 years and just giving my CVs about 5 strokes or pumps of grease twice...
• Re: Cost effective,,expected for 60,000mi svc
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:01:31 -0700
  This CV grease drying out seems to be a regular thing now but it never happened to me 10-20 years ago. My 70s...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sat, 13 Aug 2016 20:02:02 -0400
  And be sure to use a quality synthetic or semi-synthetic CV joint specific grease. In my 42 years of servicing Lobro CV joints...
• Re: CV Joint questions and anwers anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Mon, 12 May 2003 06:37:32 -0700
  ...It is a mystery where the grease goes, as the boots were not torn. The grease wasn't just no longer on the joint...
• Re: Substitute tool question
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:23:15 -0400
  Caution----Caution---If you remove the hub and want to put grease in the hub, that is ok,but....Only put about 3 "hub...
• Bosch Grease
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:35:34 -0700
  Several people inquired about genuine Bosch Grease. I have checked current availability and note the following types: Ft1v4, 5 700 002 005, Distributor Grease...
• Re: Correct use of Dielectric grease?
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:53:10 -0700
  We used gobs of the dielectric grease on the Coast Guard cutters..Every connection..even interior ones.. got a smear as the salt air...
• Re: CV GREASE?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:39:43 -0400
  Just to let people know how my experience with having used that grease needle to grease all my CV's turned out.... after about...
• Re: greasing CV joints - Grease needle experience
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:35:16 -0400
  I did the grease needle thing on my van a year ago and then took the van to Egypt for a year. Upon returning...
• Re: Red wheel bearing grease?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:44:34 -0800
  ...Hineline >> <hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote: >>> Is there a red wheel bearing grease? >>> >> >> Mobil 1 wheel bearing grease is red >> >> -- >> Michael Snow >> 1987 Syncro TiiCo...
• Re: Little bit of brake capliper info.
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:42:01 -0400
  ...Do NOT inject grease into it. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:15 -0700, "aaron bright" <vdub4uandme@YAHOO.COM> wrote...
• Re: Little bit of brake capliper info.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:04:34 -0700
  ...The top 'grease fitting' is the bleed screw you want to use.....for bleeding brakes. Brakes and grease want to be kept completely away...
• Re: CV Joint questions and anwers anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 12 May 2003 10:39:37 -0700
  ...It takes considerably more grease than 3 oz but it keeps everything running good but I often still add grease about once a year...
• CV GREASE, ETC (long)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:23:51 -0600
  ...I found expensive aluminum base greases (mostly syns) that claim to withstand extreme demands. I went with some lithium base moly grease. It's...
• Re: Pilot bearing grease type
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:28:39 -0700
  I've always used Moly grease, same stuff I use on CVs. I use it anywhere heat is an issue. I don't recall...
• Re: 1983.5 with 108,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 17:22:51 EST
  ...You can try re-greasing with a needle grease injector and a grease gun. NAPA sells the right moly grease. Steve Cotsford 1984.5...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:31:11 EST
  ...There are medium and high voltage applications for both of these greases, but using one for the other would be disastrous. "Medium voltage" in...
• rear wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:46:33 -0700
  After I replaced a relatively new inside rear wheel bearing the other day, I got to thinking about how the grease is supposed to...
• Re: dumb question...
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sun, 13 Sep 1998 12:41:42 -0500
  Molybdemum Di sulfide(the spelling nazis just missed me with a grenade launcher) grease is correct. Commonly called MOLY grease its available at AutoZones...
• Re: grease in lp regulator
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 22:49:39 -0500
  ...Oxygen and grease or oil don't get along & can explode. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com http://www.kegkits.com/JABF/ 256-656...