I have always used the Amsoil products and they have worked fine over almost
half a million miles of vanagoning. My VW shop uses that and prefers it. I
use it for CV joints (the thick purple grease) and transmission (Marine Gear
Lube Synthetic 75/80W-90).

Jim

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>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
> >
> > --
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
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