So William Abbott says:
>
>       What makes CV grease special is that, like tranny oil, it gets between
> two metal surfaces as power is being transmitted between them. Wheel bearing
> grease only carries the wieght of the car. If you think about it for
> a second, all the horsepower of your engine passes THROUGH a thin
> film of CV grease. I can't figure out how to calculate the power
> going through wheel bearings- the load is static, so no 'work' is done,
> but there ARE balanced forces. Given the final drive ratio and the
> gear box ratios, you can calculate the torque going through the
> axles and their CVs- note that all the torque appllied to an axle
> goes through BOTH CVs- its not split, they're in series. It must
> be several hundred foot-pounds in 1st, from a standing start.

Wow Bill!  All of that from one little tube of CV grease....  ;)

Steven

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