Just don't do what I did when rebuilding my Type 1 wiper motor. I used marine synthetic grease to grease the armature shafts in the bushings. That motor was SO sluggish until the grease heated up and became a little thinner with the friction. It took about 5 minutes before the motor wouldl spin at proper speed. Next time, follow directions and use graphite powder like the manual said! :-)
Courtney
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 6:01:59 PM
Subject: Re: Which Type of Grease Lasts 20 Years?

"SUPER LUBE" Marine synthetic lubricant.
That's my go to as antiseize, dielectic, and simple grease.

-Craig

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Derek Drew <derekdrew@derekmail.com> wrote:

> I wanted to grease my windshield wiper pivots before putting the
> dashboard back on and closing everything up, and have no idea what
> kind of grease to put in there.
>
> -- CV joint grease tends to be too runny, I think.
>
> -- I don't need non-wash-off aluminum bel ray waterproof grease there.
>
> -- As far as I can tell, Bentley changed its recommendation that you
> use lithium grease on the shifter parts and changed its mind to say
> to use CV joint grease (G 000 602 MoS2 grease, it says).
>
> I have found that CV joint grease destroys rubber like there is no
> tomorrow, so I am learning to keep it away from there.
>
> As I recall, white lithium grease is among the least reactive greases
> and so safest, so I would assume it might be the best all around
> general purpose grease unless you are working with parts known not to
> come in contact with rubber.
>
> I assume that CV joint grease won't attack plastics or VW would not
> have specified it for the shifter and related components.
>
> I have copper grease which is said to be "conductive" that I use to
> join metal connectors in harsh environments, but I have seen that
> this grease does not always seem to last forever, but I could be
> wrong about that.
>
> I remember that the headlight electrical connections in my Honda were
> pre-treated with what was obviously dialectic grease.
>
> In my opinion, VW should have used copper or dialectric grease on
> *all* of its electrical connections in the engine compartment and
> exterior places like lighting. It comes across as simply careless
> that they didn't. But then, maybe their engineers don't think of all
> of their car lines as "perpetual cars" the way we think of our
> Vanagons as being.
>
> Can I get someone more knowledgeable about grease than me to blurt
> something out?
>
>
>
>
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