It is likely that someone repacked your cv joint, but
used axle grease instead of cv joint grease.  CV Joint
grease has this wonderful property of clinging to
metals so it stays on as you drive.  You will notice
that there is nothing on either side on the cv joint
to keep the grease in...

If you put on high quality cv joint grease, it will
last for years.  But I would remove, clean, and repack
every three years or so.

Z

--- 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

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