Redline cv-2 grease. 
No boots last long as the quality just sucks. 

-craig

> On Apr 28, 2014, at 2:55 AM, Dick Wong <sailingfc@DSLEXTREME.COM> wrote:
> 
> I remember Arco Graphite oil.  I used it in my 78 Scirocco the first few
> years of its life.  I still have 2 quarts in my garage.
> 
> -Dick-
> 78 Scirocco
> 87 Vanagon Syncro
> 12 Golf TDI
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Stuart MacMillan
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 6:02 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: CV Joints
> 
> Thanks for the tip Ed! It makes sense to me that a semi synthetic grease
> with molybdenum would last at least as long as the boots stay intact.  The
> synthetic grease won't dry out, and the moly withstands the pressure in a CV
> joint.
> 
> There have been discussions on the list about poor quality boots, so I'm
> sticking with OEM boots until they fail, and I'm going on 29 years now.  I
> think the Empi came in on top though if you can't find used OEM.
> 
> This is such a messy, dirty, PITA job it should be done as infrequently as
> possible.  Ideally, only when you are rebuilding the transmission!
> 
> Speaking of messy, does anyone remember Arco's motor oil with graphite?
> 
> Stuart