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• Re: CV joints. Adding new grease.
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 15:07:36 -0800
  Dear Ben and all, I think it is a good thing that I have been inspired by this list to re-grease my CV...
• Re: Cost effective,,expected for 60,000mi svc
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 06:29:48 -0700
  ...tins of the Valvoline synthetic MoS2 grease this time. It was $5/tin. -Dana- Mark Drillock wrote: > > This CV grease drying out seems to...
• Re: Fryedaye Re: Can You Have Too Many Vanagons? an in-depth study of a modern social sickness.
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:37:32 -0400
  ...grease in > a solvent; spray it in and the solvent carries the grease right in and > then evaporates, leaving the grease where you couldn...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:09:17 -0400
  Frank, Bearing housing should never be fully packed with grease. You need room for expansion from both heat and the bearing churning in the...
• Re: Distributor/Spark Plug die-electric grease
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:04:59 -0700
  Dielectric grease is non-conductive. A thin coat on the insides of the wire boots will create a bit of a barrier to corrosion...
• Re: Cause of the white corrosion deposit around a battery?
  Historical mailing list - Janne Ruohom�ki
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:42:42 +0200
  On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote: > Some people put grease on the terminals. Grease will...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:12:07 -0700
  Just so there is no confusion, dielectric grease is an INSULATOR. It belongs on the rubber boot of the cable NOT on the metal...
• Re: CV Joint Packing Grease?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:44:28 -0700
  ...Monday so > what likely available grease would be suggested as a second choice? I could > use the grease that came with the CV/axle...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:47:17 -0400
  ...Rob > vwrobb@gmail.com > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone_grease > >>>Dielectric grease is electrically insulating and does not break > down when high voltage...
• Re: cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 07:09:51 -0700
  ...My >> question is should I get the grease in the tube to use with a gun or >> in a can and use my fingers...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 22:36:59 EST
  In a message dated 2/14/04 8:29:21 PM, john.cook58@VERIZON.NET writes: << Re using dielectric grease on electrical contacts. Not...
• syncro noise - gone
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:05:57 -0400
  ...2.Wipe out as much old grease as possible. 3.I used a hypodermic needle grease injector available at FLAPS and a grease gun...
• Lubing a stiff steering rack (manual) with the wrong grease??
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:52:52 -0700
  ...Only use special steering gear grease part # AOF 063 000 04 to lubricate steering gear" I used regular wheel bearing grease and I'm...
• Re: Distributor/Spark Plug die-electric grease
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:20:15 -0700
  ...or dielectric grease. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Williams" <steve@CELINEANDSTEVE.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, April 28...
• Re: CV joint rotation ?
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:06:53 -0600
  ...Pep Boys or others will have a grease pack in there that is full of inferior grease. Consider this when you're price comparing...
• Re: manual steering rack lubrication requirements
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 23:28:58 EST
  In a message dated 3/10/02 6:23:00 PM, 5days@PRODIGY.NET writes: << Can I use traditional high temp bearing grease >> tim...
• Re: Scary moment today in the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 00:47:11 -0700
  ...It's possible that the PO just slapped some new grease in on top of the old grease, but this can lead to chemical...
• ?Power Steering Rack Grease?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:41:40 EDT
  ...While I am in there, I would like to grease the rack. The Bentley, on the page showing the manual rack, says to "ONLY...
• CV greaser. Was: squeaking wheel.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:31:18 -0700
  ...I'd read here about applying CV grease in under the small end of CV boot with a grease gun and nozzle then massaging...
• CV joints. Adding new grease.
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 09:33:52 -0800
  I'm going to put some new CV grease in my CV joints not because they are a problem, but for preventative maintenance. I...
• grease in lp regulator
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 19:01:17 -0500
  ...Taking things apart I found some thin but very dark (black) grease in the bottom of the regulator and inside the 3-way fitting...
• Re: knocking sound???
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:03:26 EST
  ...If you are really broke at the moment you could try using a grease needle (get from NAPA) and some moly grease in a...
• Re: CV Grease [f]
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 2 May 1995 15:26:46 -0700 (PDT)
  So William Abbott says: > > What makes CV grease special is that, like tranny oil, it gets between > two metal surfaces as power is being...
• Re: CV Joints (as long as we are discussing it)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:03:21 -0700
  ...The grease packets that came with it burst open somewhere along the > way > and I'd > like to know what is the best grease...
• Re: anti-seize
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:31:19 -0400
  What you should not put on a lug is a lubricant such as petroleum grease or lithium grease.
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  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 26 May 2017 10:31:38 -0700
  ...With axle nut/flange removed and a thin needle on a grease gun, I pumped in grease at several different points between each roller...
• Re: corrosion study
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 7 May 2010 14:25:38 -0700
  no, sheep grease is made of lanolin :) and what's wrong with sheep grease? seen any rusty sheep recently? its been discussed on list...
• Re: Volkspeople, lubricate your sliding door latches.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:26:51 EST
  ...So in some cases it needs to be cleaned away and replaced with new grease. WD 40 works to break down any existing grease...
• Re: Grease Needle....an important find!
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:41:28 -0800
  Do I understand that you are poking a hole (alibet a small one?) in the boots to inject grease in? How large is the...
• Re: rear wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:47:21 -0700
  ...I don't understand how adding grease to the housing helps, I can't see how grease there is supposed to get into the...
• Re: CV Joint questions and anwers anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 12 May 2003 00:57:31 -0700
  ...One of the tubes of grease could have been inferior or wrong type. Who sells CV joints and for how much? I think I...
• Grease Van
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:26:55 -0500
  Hello all, The vegetable-oil powered Vanagon (or should I say Burger King fryalator grease-burning Vanagon) known "Grease Car" is back in the...
• Re: Little bit of brake capliper info.
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:52:31 -0700
  Aaron, As others have stated, that is a bleeder, not a grease point. The areas that need cleaning and greasing are the sliders that...
• Re: [F]riday! Woo-hoo!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 03:15:39 -0500
  ...The grease guys dont look for grease points there. clara
• Re: Upper Rear CVs
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 07 Jul 94 09:14:23 CDT
  ...most definitely grease them. :) i, uh, don't suppose i could interest you in a little how-to-grease-cv-joints story? :) joel (the...
• Re: Is the standard CV grease lithium-based?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 May 2011 23:47:07 -0400
  ...Is the standard CV grease lithium-based? Is the standard CV-joint grease lithium-based? Thanks, d -- David Beierl -- dbeierl@attglobal.net
• CV packing
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Thu, 29 May 2003 11:44:51 -0500
  ...When I plug the axles back in to the transmission, I should repack them with grease. What kind of grease should I be using...
• Is the standard CV grease lithium-based?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 May 2011 19:56:41 -0400
  Is the standard CV-joint grease lithium-based? Thanks, d -- David Beierl -- dbeierl@attglobal.net
• Grease Needle....an important find!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 11:13:47 -0500
  Vanagoneers I was speculating earlier in the month about getting grease into my old but sound CV boots. Well Sunday I was wasting some...
• Re: Searched. Steering rack grease substitute? + questions PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:37 -0800
  ...Better to have clean grease than the combination of roaddust and grease that resides there now! Neil. On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 6...
• Re: Wipers Slow
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:43:01 EST
  ...I removed the motor and took it apart, cleaning up the old dried grease and reassembling with what's called marine grease (found it...
• Re: Dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 13 Jan 2019 00:39:51 +0000
  ...On the classic "grinding" sound from horn ring, you definitely want to use white lithium grease; if you use dielectric grease, it will only...
• Re: Zerk grease-able balljoints?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 7 May 2012 16:32:10 -0600
  ...Adding grease won't help! Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf ... Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012...
• Re: McDiesel
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:00:48 +1300
  >My brother-in-law scanned an article out of a recent magazine about >diesels running on grease. Shows some guy in his twenties standing...
• Re: stretched e-brake cable?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:40:14 -0400
  ...How is your brake working? If working good, leave it b.If it is stiff , seeming in need of grease, the 2 ends of...
• Re: Red Line cv-2
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:56:57 -0800
  John, The Redline CV-2 grease meets or exceeds the standards required by VW for your CV joints. If you need some, we have...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 19:56:07 -0600
  Not very intuitive, is it? We go to all the trouble to clean up contacts, then rub insulating grease on them. Until someone went...
• Re: removed cv clean grease at tranny?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:50:28 -0500
  Hi Spencer, Remove the grease with a wad of paper towels (lots of them) and repack both places with new grease before reassembly. Don...
• Re: Cleaning CV
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:52:19 -0400
  I completely dismatle them, remove the bulk of the grease with paper towels, then spray them with brake cleaner to melt off the rest...
• Re: Muffler Bearings, was RE: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:39:39 -0800
  ...Before you use the elbow grease on the muffler bearing, go to your local airport's malignance facility and get a quart of prop...
• Re: Rear bearings and grease question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:38:41 -0700
  ...Pumping in grease won't re lube the bearings unless I force the grease out the seals, and I don't want to do...
• Re: What Type of Grease Lasts 20 Years?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:21:31 -0500
  ...what was obviously dialectic grease. > > 'Zat the stuff that makes it easier to argue with Marxists? > > ;-> > d Only in Grease, with Socrates and all...
• CV joint grease on tapered roller bearings?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 15 May 2009 18:18:46 -0400
  Anybody have experience or knowledge of the dangers or benefits of using molybdenum disulfide (CV joint) grease on tapered roller bearings such as those...
• Re: Best grease to use for CVs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:30:04 -0400
  At 08:21 AM 6/27/2002, aerie wrote: >I want to put in new grease now while I have the axles out of...
• Re: Bearing Grease Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 22:37:49 -0500
  high temperature grease is a must for disk brake wheel bearings. check out, for example: http://valvoline.com this type of product is inexpensive...
• Re: Dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:14:57 -0500
  ...the foil due to the > grease? > I've thoroughly cleaned all these connectors and like to put dielectric > grease everywhere, but have held off...
• Swivel seats
  Historical mailing list - Ssittservl
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 03:33:27 EST
  ...Based on your suggestions, for each seat I: - Slid off the seat. - Unbolted the swivel plate. - Cleaned off the old dirty grease. - Re-greased...
• Multi purpose grease?
  Historical mailing list - Chibong Oh
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 01:54:10 -0400
  ...BTW, on Bentley manual, 'multi purpose grease' are referred repeatedly, and frankly I am not sure what it means exactly. Different from MoS2 grease...
• Re: Was Inject grease, now where is the Vanagon content> van content back and so Is the beer.
  Historical mailing list - Danny
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:01:33 -0700
  ...Who knows!! Now if I try mixing good beer with with wheel bearings, grease�and a grease�needle Who knows what will happen.... I...
• Re: Cost effective? (CV joint repack)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:45:15 EDT
  ...I was going to use the Redline grease but he happened to have some remnants of Amsoil, Swepco, Wurth, and StaLube moly grease laying...