

| Subject: | Castrol Syntec grease/CVs |
| Date: | Thu, 19 Sep 1996 17:23:09 -0300 (ADT) |
About 3000 miles ago I repacked a slightly noisy CV using Castrol Syntec grease. The joint was not staying quiet despite often injecting fresh (but cheap) moly well into the balls/cage with a grease gun. The Syntec is a lithium based, not molybased grease. It has seen town driving and a couple of 500 and 200 mile@ steady 75+mph trips, and in pouring rain / heat. It's also been well abused Syncro style, and is the front axle. The point you ask...So far no problems, absolutely silent running. Seems like it works fine, I'd phoned Castrol tech line and they said it would yada.. Still costly grease compared to my local hardware/car store prices, but about 1/3 of the price of those little 90 gram packages the FLAPS and dealer sell. Took 2/3 of 454gram tube for a really well packed axle, including the face of the trans flange. Cost was $5.40Cdn. I have noticed that the old cheap moly grease that gooped out while rebuilding has literally washed off over the summer, not a good sign. Plus my shift linkage works better now with Syntec than when larded with this dissappearing moly stuff. Other opinions/thoughts welcome. Tim Smith cheap trick by old VW mech, buy the cheap grease and one little packet of good stuff. Rebuild with good stuff on balls (the CVs, idiot), cage and bearing faces. Then smother in cheaper grease and pack the boots with more. This keeps the good stuff from spinning off/protected from water leaks. from the garage of Mr. JBWeld Inc.
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