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• drilling grease fitting into vanagon front end parts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman, MD
  Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:14:17 -0500
  Anybody ever try to drill holes in ball joints and tie rod ends to inject grease? Any details on where to drill? Jeffrey Clayman...
• Grease leaking/spreading out of hub cover.
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:28:07 +0000
  ...I have noticed since that after driving for a while the front right tire has grease coming out of the hub cover on my...
• Re: need part suppliers numbers
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Sep 95 16:20:03 CDT
  ...other buses also lasted past 100,000 on the same grease. however ... :( this grease will LEAP off the joints onto your shirt, face, hands...
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  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 26 May 2017 11:32:05 -0700
  ...https://goo.gl/photos/Ymk2UZgHoyTsZHi79 wipe off excess. > > Different colour grease obviously helps in this case. I did this b/c I > was "in...
• OSX
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 12:28:26 -0400
  ...I wondering if their is anyway to put grease in it. I am sure after these many years what grease is in it is...
• Re: Syncro wheel bearing play?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:22:39 -0700
  ...This heating causes the grease to melt and lube the bearing. >| Unless the bearing in noisy or rough sounding I would not touch it...
• Re: Cleaning Moly grease from clothing
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 9 Apr 2004 21:25:05 -0400
  On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Tom Miller wrote: > I put GoJo hand cleaner without pumice on my heavy grease spots and leave it > soak...
• Best Ball joint Grease?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Nov 95 14:04:34 EST
  hey now, what's the best ball joint grease to use until i can get new boots on the front joints next week? old...
• CV joint rotation ?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 14:39:04 EDT
  ...The next day, I found a NAPA somewhere in Indiana and bought a grease needle, some special grease and a grease gun and pumped...
• Re: CV joint grease on tapered roller bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 17 May 2009 20:23:23 -0700
  CV Moly Grease theoretically would be great, except it has poor resistance to moisture and attracts dirt and grit like a magnet (it's...
• Re: Grease Needle....an important find!
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:35:51 -0800
  My concern is whether you are putting good grease on top of bad and can you effectively get the new grease into those balls...
• Re: Headlight low beam failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 13:15:18 -0800
  ...for normal electrical contacts with WIDE spacing, use some grease; white lithium grease, Vaseline from the 99 Cents store, whatever. Keeps corrosion at bay...
• Re: Favorite wheel bearing grease?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:23:02 -0400
  Thanks guys, Dapper Dan doesn't google for bearing grease so Amsoil Purple or Mobil1 synth it is. And of course Scott is right...
• What grease for tie rods?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:31:09 -0500
  ...What type of grease should I use when I install them?
• Re: CV Joints (as long as we are discussing it)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:56:18 -0700
  ...I do get about 3 CV joints well full of grease from almost two full 14 oz 'grease gun' tubes of Moly-graph. then...
• Re: Favorite wheel bearing grease?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:50:53 -0400
  At 08:36 PM 8/21/2008, John Meeks wrote... >Is all wheel bearing grease pretty much the same? Any favorites out >there? I...
• Re: Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith (Smirby)
  Wed, 6 May 2020 11:37:55 -0700
  ...Lots of good tips there, and interestingly his new grease is quite black, leading me to hope that my black grease is just the...
• Re: source of more cv grease? OVER packing?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:00:04 -0800
  ...source of more cv grease? > OOPS! We'un's forgot to tell you about getting extra grease. It's just > what you do when...
• re: Shocking grease!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jun 97 11:17:12 CDT
  ...Sorin and I both suspect the horn contact (if we're wrong, please correct us.) If I wish to grease this, is there any...
• Can CV Joint Grease be Removed from Upholstery?
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:10:34 +0200
  ...Problem is, some idiot threw a pair of half shafts onto the lower seat cushion, leaving several large grease spots on it. I recall...
• Re: Front end overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:43:22 -0500
  ...I hope the grease fittings will prevent this from happening again. A Google search will show you how to install the grease fittings. Now...
• Re: regrease steering U-joint?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:33:02 -0500
  What's on there now is very thick, like wheel bearing grease. On an exposed joint like that it has, as you can imagine...
• Re: grease on axek
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 2 Oct 2023 07:53:22 -0400
  ...Little disappointed in the list.  Noone has an answer to my earlier post about grease on my inboard axel. I could really use some...
• Re: Dielectric Grease
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 8 Mar 2014 09:25:19 -0500
  ...various compounds containing silicon, grease, sealant, spray, oil, etc. Usage Police, we serve and correct. Sorry. Larry A. Pedantic ex-chemistry teacher
• lithium based wheel bearing grease
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 21 May 2011 15:38:12 -0400
  I got some wheel bearing grease at the flaps and it says it's for Japanese and European cars disk brake wheel bearings, etc...
• Re: Volkspeople, lubricate your sliding door latches.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:31:07 -0600
  ...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: Charm inside the bell housing
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Tue, 15 May 2012 16:30:38 +0000
  ...I noticed that my brake caliper grease is black, slimy, moly with some graphite. Would that grease be appropriate? Specifically, what should I use...
• Re: source of more cv grease?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:21:16 -0500
  ...So I need some more grease. Trouble is, no vw >dealers in my area of the grease in stock (o their parts departments are...
• Re: Grease Needle....an important find!
  Historical mailing list - Jose R. Moscoso
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:36:04 -0500
  ...Grease Needle....an important find+ACE- +AD4-Vanagoneers +AD4- +AD4-I was speculating earlier in the month about getting grease into my old but...
• Re: Shifter grease
  Historical mailing list - Robert Downes
  Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:33:09 -0800
  i just want to say that while i am blessed with relative ignorance to the finer points of grease chemistry, i am always glad...
• Re: CV grease
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:01:07 -0800
  ...CV grease > does anyone a tribologist perhaps on the list know what makes CV joint > grease so special? i have always assumed that it...
• Searched. Steering rack grease substitute? + questions PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:08:41 -0800
  ...http://tinyurl.com/6bvb2e indicate a failed seal, or this is a "normal" amount of grease? I didn't clean the boots before popping...
• Re: pilot bearing
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:31:58 -0400
  ...Fill the center of the bearing with grease. Now find a long rod, the same diameter as the hole in the center of the...
• Re: What Type of Grease Lasts 20 Years?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:05:21 -0500
  At 08:41 PM 1/10/2012, Derek Drew wrote: >pre-treated with what was obviously dialectic grease. 'Zat the stuff that makes it...
• Greasecaps -- torch 'em
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:45:56 -0800 (PST)
  thanks for all the answers to my problems removing greasecaps on the front hubs. 15 seconds with the propane torch and a pry or...
• Re: Cause of the white corrosion deposit around a battery?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:01:02 -0500
  ...If you don't then any exposed metal will corrode. > > > > If You use grease, dont overdo it and make sure You really have good...
• Re: Grease mess in rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:44:24 -0500
  Lucas,I think you are are correct about the grease seals and all.You need to consider the total miles on that 82 ,when...
• Re: front spindle grease seal position
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 May 2010 21:25:17 -0700
  ...front spindle grease seal position > I'm replacing my front rotors, bearings, pads, etc. on my 82 diesel westy. > Somewhere, last time I messed...
• Upper steering column grease recommendation and what else to do while replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:31:35 -0500
  ...While I was looking at things I noticed the original solidified grease on the upper steering column bearing that is exposed and thought that...
• Re: best lube for sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:08:01 -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...
• Re: lithium based wheel bearing grease
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 21 May 2011 14:58:52 -0700
  ...lithium based wheel bearing grease >I got some wheel bearing grease at the flaps and it says it's for > Japanese and European cars...
• Re: Cost effective,,expected for 60,000mi svc
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 21:07:05 -0500
  ...Boots in good shape, no tears, but no grease. Of course, this was pre-list. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET> To...
• Re: All the gears but second
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 22:09:08 -0600
  ...So both of those bushings are greased up with that grease, and the ears and guides in the shift box are also greased up...
• Re: Shifter grease
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:52:53 -0600
  Hey, sorry, I should have just googled for this, I was able to find it listed as CV joint grease (searched for "volkswagen grease...
• Re: Injected grease into CV boot and it works
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:56:33 -0400
  ...vinnie On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > "They" say CV grease is not regular grease...
• Re: cv joint service (cv-2?)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:46:18 -0600
  The key to success with CV joints is using a High Pressure grease. I stick with the grease supplied by list vendors for the...
• Re: cv joint service (cv-2?)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:46:30 -0600
  The key to success with CV joints is using a High Pressure grease. I stick with the grease supplied by list vendors for the...
• dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Nov 1995 07:00:56 -0600
  ...It is used on tune-ups on high energy ignition systems.(sometimes called tune-up grease) yug
• Re: Cost effective,,expected for 60,000mi svc
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 17:48:46 -0700
  >CV joint grease isn't something that ever requires changing. The joints won't >last anylonger replacing the grease. I don't agree... the...
• Re: Cleaning Moly grease from clothing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 11 Apr 2004 21:21:45 -0700
  ...That just removes the clothing from the grease. Jim On Sunday, Apr 11, 2004, at 18:43 US/Pacific, Mark Cumnock wrote: > The best...
• Re: Tech tip #2
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 07 Jul 1997 13:40:43 EDT
  ...Then coat the entire matting > areas with grease. WARNING: WIPE IT OFF, Yes use a rag and > wipe the grease off. This area requires...
• Re: best lube for sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:13:55 -0700
  I seldom use white lithium grease . just have never liked it. and for sure ..I would expect it to attract grit. what I do...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 19:41:03 -0700
  ...Use a thin grease needle and place it through the rollers of the outer bearing. Pump in grease until grease comes out the other...
• Re: Inject grease into rear wheel bearings w/o disassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:03:21 -0700
  ...The most important part is inspecting the bearings > & races for wear > & damage and re-adjusting your wheel bearing pre-load. > Just adding grease to...
• Re: Service Interval, Real Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:09:03 -0600
  ...Some have added grease fittings to the housings but > this creates the problem of grease working past the seals and fouling the > rear brakes...
• CV grease
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:57:31 -0700
  Went to the FLAPs today to get a can of grease to finish my CV job, but none of what they had, mentioned CV...
• Repacking Manual Steering Box Grease
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:32:55 -0600
  ...I was going to put a synthetic grease back in there unless a moly would be better. I know VW wants their special grease...
• Re: Pilot bearing grease type
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:23:57 -0400
  ...Thanks, Neil. --- Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I've always used Moly grease, same stuff I use on > CVs. I use it anywhere...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:26:58 -0800
  Re using dielectric grease on electrical contacts. Not very intuitive, is it? We go to all the trouble to clean up contacts, then rub...
• Install grease fitting on upper control arm bushing(s)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 26 May 2018 13:51:23 -0700
  ...Would installing a grease fitting (zerk type?) to each upper control arm bushing, and adding grease when required (when bushing becomes noisy?), help prolong...