I still have black spots on my garage floor from that stuff.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Wong [mailto:sailingfc@dslextreme.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 11:56 PM
To: 'Stuart MacMillan'
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: RE: CV Joints

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