Swepco, Royal Purple, or ?????
Daryl?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-here comes a gear oil thread

On May 10, 2011, at 4:48 PM, Richard Koerner wrote:

> So if we don't use Redline MT-90 for our manual transmissions due to purported slacking of quality, what do we use?  (I'm about due for a change in a couple months.)  Last time I had it changed 4 years ago, I was really pleased with the result using MT-90...seemed to shift nicer and run smoother...maybe it was all psychological.  
> 
> Rich
> San Diego
> 
> --- On Tue, 5/10/11, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Redline CV-2. User Input?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 2:42 PM
> 
> Thanks John. Good to know of yet more options.
> 
> So it's the gear oil that Redline changed. Such a shame.
> 
> Thanks for the tips Scott. The stuff I used last time was standard
> issue CV grease. Can't recall brand right now.
> 
> I thought that for the extra $ Redline might be worth it. Not long
> ago, noticed inboard CV's weren't dry per se, (I am not that
> experienced with what they should look like) but found that after less
> than 50K miles, they were "dryer" than I thought they'd be. I added
> grease. Will do in/outs at some point soon.
> 
> Neil.
> 
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>> fwiw,
>> I have used a ton of it in the past, never a problem.
>> 
>> I also put in more grease than the stock amount.
>> I have seen many, many very dry u-joints.
>> I don't know if grease acually evaporates out of them ..but it seems to me
>> that the stock rather small amount of gease will somehow barely be there
>> after say, 7 years.
>>  Which is why I put in a fair amount extra grease.
>> my 'normal' CV joint grease is 'black slimey' ....Stablube brand moly
>> sulfide.
>> 
>> " Extreme Pressuer moly-graph" is what they call it. Have used boatloads of
>> that ..and never a problem.
>> 
>> I also think the inner CV's run hotter and are more prone to getting dry and
>> wearing more, compared to the outers.
>> 
>> scott
>> www.turbovans.com
>> 
>> --
> 
> -- 
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> 
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