Repacking CV Joints

[Grey_Smoke]

The axles are going back in my car, and I am wondering how much grease to pack into the inner CV joints?  I ran a search and couldn't find anything.  

[Vincent Waldon]

Bentley says 45g or 1.5 oz.

[Grey_Smoke]

ok, thanks.

[8v-of-fury]

There is a dedicated amount! HAH I always just packed them right full... oops lol

[R.O.R-2.0]

and you are supposed to use CV joint grease, not wheel bearing grease..

[Grey_Smoke]

so there is a specialized grease?  I was just using regular grease. 

[Vincent Waldon]

Yuppers... CV joint grease is specially formulated for the high contact pressures the bearing surfaces endure.

[Grey_Smoke]

Okay, thanks again, I will get some of that.

[Vincent Waldon]

There is a dedicated amount! HAH I always just packed them right full... oops lol

Meh... dunno how much it really matters... "right full" is probably good.

I do know that some vendors sell it in little 45g packages.. that's how I buy it...when the package is empty I'm done.   

[VWCaddy]

Yuppers... CV joint grease is specially formulated for the high contact pressures the bearing surfaces endure.

I keep a tube of the StaLube CV joint grease around, but most of the CV axles I have bought come with a packet or two of CV joint grease as well:

[monomer]

Yuppers... CV joint grease is specially formulated for the high contact pressures the bearing surfaces endure.

It's usually a moly/graphite based grease: and it's not just used due to high pressures.

Water will not wash it off, ever. Soap hardly touches it.



Moly-graph, sold in normal grease-gun tubes will work, and is much cheaper.