Rob,
It gets soaked up by the sock that is lost by the
dryer.  Find the sock and find the grease.  ;)
Steve
--- Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
wrote:
> Recently someone posted that their CV joint(s)
> were drying up and making noise. They asked ,
> "{where does the grease go?
>
> Well, a friend rode with me a couple weeks ago
> and said- you got a dry CV joint -it was making
> a hideous knocking sound.
>
> So, today, I removed the right rear axle and
> found the outer CV joint as he said- dry as a
> bone.
> The inner is still greasy.
> The outer is not looking good. I'll have to
> replace it.
>
> Now I am asking the question- how does it dry
> up when countless old CV's I have looked at
> have are greasy after 20 years.
>  Is it the brand of grease?is it possible to
> put the CV joint backtoghter wrong?  I will
> admit I have only been rolling on CV's for
> seven of my 23 years of VW's.
>
> So - obviously i don't know everything and it
> is time for me to look at the maintenance
> interval chart and grease these things on time.
> I got a refund for my grease needle which was
> garbage and I knew it would not save me from
> this problem which I allowed to exist too long.
>
>
> Part of the reason for this is that the noise
> went away for a couple of months. I thought it
> was something else.
>
> Robert K
>
> 1982 Westfalia

=====
Steve
croatoa@yahoo.com

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