"They" say CV grease is not regular grease and has a base that handles the
job it's meant for better than other lubes.  "They" say you should not use
anything else, and mixing it with other base greases is not good.  I had
more wheel bearing and chassis lube grease at hand (town is an hour, round
trip from our place) and only a single squeeze tube of CV grease, but that
seems to have been enough...

On Sep 22, 2016 4:07 AM, "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Over the years I have performed the life-saving grease injection trick
> using a "syringe" made for the purpose, available at many auto parts store.
> It is a big needle, but on the back of it there is a a fitting that snaps
> into a standard grease gun nozzle. I don't carry a grease gun but do carry
> the needle in my toolkit so I could give my CVs a fix at any old lube shop.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:15 PM Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Last weekend, at short notice, we were able to ramble across Oregon.  Hood
>> River on the Columbia River to the Strawberry mountains on the south
>> eastern edge.. ended up being about 800 miles, lots of hills and a huge
>> headwind coming home along the Gorge..Rather than actually properly
>> removing my left axle to do that noisy side, at the 11th hour before we
>> left (getting wise about taking right off on a remote adventure after
>> fixing anything critical)..and of course the outer CV was the one making
>> noises...I rigged a short section of vacuum line to one of my SO's horse
>> syringes... Inserted that line through the boot with the help of a
>> screwdriver.  I filled the syringe twice (one whole tube of CV grease)
>> and
>> squeezed the grease on two "sides" of the joint... The vacuum line I cut
>> to
>> length so it went into one of the spaces in the CV....It must have been
>> pretty dry, haven't serviced that side ever... I'll do it properly when I
>> do the wheel bearing soon.   Anyway, It's now smooth and quiet, and I
>> didn't spoil a trip with a stripped or broken bolt at the last minute...
>>
>