At 02:46 PM 1/5/2011, Mark L. Hineline wrote...
>I did maintenance on the full shift linkage for my 1982 and lubricated
>everything with the specified moly grease. At the transmission end I
>covered the guidepin with a new boot from Bus Depot. Within fewer than
>50 miles the boot was shredded.
>
>I'm getting an OEM boot from Vanagain to replace the shredded boot,
>but even though the rubber might be different (Ken says it is), should
>I lubricate this with "just" grease, not moly?

Maybe Vanagain has some NOS OEM ones, but they're NLA from VW, and I've
been told the ones which apparently originate from Just Kampers in
England are the only repos available. I, too, tried one of the Just
Kampers ones, and it fell apart in less than a year. Simply put, it's a
POS.

In any case, I wouldn't use a petroleum-based grease. A silicone (or
maybe synthetic) grease would be less harmful to a "rubber" boot. Do
you really have some MoS2, which is a solid (power)? It's often found
as part of a grease, which is probably petroleum based.

Myself, I just made a bushiing for the end of the rod which mounts to
the tranny out of acetyl (Delrin), which is self-lubricating.