Thin grease in CV joint, NAC, but VAC

[Nicholas Miller]

I have used reline CV-2 in a number of applications, its supposed to be
top-notch stuff.  The miata community uses it in front wheel bearings
because we burn through these so often when you run sticky and wider tires,
I had replaced them 3 times before 100k on my personal car.  I also use it
in CV joints (its designed for CV/bearing applications).

Royal purple or a number of other greases are suitable for wheel bearings,
the big thing you would want to check is that they are rated for
temp/speed, but most good brands (chevron, mobil, lucas, etc)  will have
something for you.

Not sure why it would be thin coming out, but I've seen a number of brand
new bearings underpacked with grease or they use a really cheap thin
grease, which I'm just not a fan of.  Even SKF and Timken have some thin
grease in them.  The stuff they provide may be up to the task, but I feel
more comfortable using a product which I know is made for the application.

The last thing, don't mix greases, they may not be compatible and it can
cause the oils to separate out, so if you are using a different moly
grease, clean out as best you can the old CV joint.

Best of luck!

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Tihol Tiholov <t.tiholov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Haudi, gents.
>
> A follow up question on my CV boot replacement saga. Took out a pass. side
> suspected Chinese axle on the '92 Eurovan (shaft is 30 mm diam. vs. 26.5 on
> the OEM shaft, splines for inner CV joint are also larger diam.). PO
> installed this 4-5 years ago maybe.
> The grease was running out a bit thicker than engine oil. Inner CV cork
> gasket was in 3 pieces and it had sprayed the underside - reason for
> intervention.
>
> Does anyone have any BTDT or ideas why the grease is so thin?
> Only thought I have is high temperature, but see no reason for it. The only
> untoward thing was a loose plastic cap that I put back on the transmission
> flange - it came out, when I pulled out the axle. Boots are both sound and
> thinking of packing the inner CV with the OEM Molly grease I have and
> reinstalling.
> Can anyone recommend good Molly grease for CV joint, apart from the OEM
> that I think is GKN brand.
>
> Thanks for any advice and info,
>
> --
> Tihol
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