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Subject:Re: Best grease to use for CVs
From:David Beierl
Date: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 the
>vehicle. Does anyone know the best grease to use. I especially do not
>want to degrade the boots by using the wrong lube.

Use CV-joint grease -- it's very special (nasty) stuff loaded with lead and
such.  Comes in 90-gm tubes or similar, each one supposed to be good to
fill one joint.  List wisdom is that it's better to use more than the
specified amount.  YMMV.

david

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