I've thought about carrying one of my rebuilt OEM axles with me, but so far
have opted for the (hopefully) marginally more practical injector needle
that snaps on the end of a grease gun. The theory is that anywhere I would
travel I am bound to find someone with a grease gun to get me by, but not
have a way to inject or repack the joint. Hence the needle, which
penetrates the boot and lubes the joint. I have replaced CV hardware on the
road and got lucky the time I had to do it. I would hate to try it in most
locations I have been. I used to carry a packed OEM joint and boot but
after having to change out the bolts in a grassy ditch in someone's front
yard while my friend fought off a menacing german shepherd and hold a
flashlight for me, I want something quick and easy.

Jim

On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 11:43 AM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>  I went to the trouble of constructing a plywood box, mounted on underside
> of Vanagon, with brand new ready-to-go half-axle inside; top quality, Lobro
> CV joints.  I do some long roadtrips.  Just for peace of mind.  Cross
> country, most folks don't even know what a Vanagon is.  Even mechanics.  So
> having the part ready is cheap insurance.  For me.
>
>     On Monday, October 18, 2021, 09:18:48 AM PDT, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  I had my mechanic replace the boots and repack the grease last month at
> 222K miles. Before that it was in 2015 at 199K miles, tintop Syncro. So 23K
> miles in 6 years.
>
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 6:49 AM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I was going through some shelves in my garage this morning and came
> across
> > a container of the CV lube that Chris sells/sold at T3techniques. It's
> > called CV-2, a stinky muddy-looking heavy grease. It got me wondering
> when
> > was the last time I packed my axle joints because I used this stuff. I
> > looked it up in my log, the date was 2013, almost 60,000 miles ago.
> >
> > This seems like a long time compared to what I had previously been used
> to.
> > Thoughts and experiences?
> >
> > Now that I have stated this publicly, I realize that the CV joints are
> not
> > long for this world. But I had to ask.
> >
> > Jim
> >
>
>