wes:

if you can't easily get some additional packets of the exact same type of
grease, then i recommend using what you have on just 2 or 3 of the joints,
and using a more readily available cv grease on the remaining joint(s). i
have used the following valvoline synthetic grease with success:

http://www.valvoline.com/pages/products/product_detail.asp?product=59

dan

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:07:52 -0500, Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
wrote:

>this is turning into the job that never ends.  I finally have everything
>I need, but I think I'm short on grease.  The 80g packets that come with
>the boot kits are already short of the 90g bentley recommends per joint,
>and I used some of the grease to get the boots on the shaft.  I'm also
>planning on messing up.  So I need some more grease.  Trouble is, no vw
>dealers in my area of the grease in stock (o their parts departments are
>closed today).  Is there any chance of finding the correct grease at a
>FLAPS?  What exactly should I be looking for?
>
>Thanks for any tips,
>Wes
>
>
>Wesley Pegden wrote:
>> Okay, I'm pretty sure I've done this right.  If you look at Tom's
>> website about the cv joints: http://volksweb.relitech.com/cvjoints.htm
>> he has pictures in Step 4 of the "Front" and "Back" of the CV joints.
>> You can see the difference between the front and back of the inner
>> race.  One has a raised circle, the other is totally flat.  My "fronts"
>> face the flange they're being bolted to.  In the case of my joints, that
>> means the group of 3 lines in a row faces the flange, and the single
>> groove (which is concealed by metal base of the boot when installed on
>> the shaft is towards the axle.
>>
>> -Wes
>>
>>
>> Dennis Haynes wrote:
>>> The outside will have a line on it. The line faces the flange it is
>>> being bolted to.
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>>> Of Wesley Pegden
>>> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:28 PM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Re: (rear) cv joint (again...)
>>>
>>> Hopefully this is my last question:
>>> The lobro cv joints have two sides: on one side, the inner race is
>>> totally flat.  On the other, the inner race has an inner circle that
>>> sticks out past the rest.  Which side should face away from the axle?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Wes
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>