frankd

I am looking for a recommendation for the type and or brand of lube/grease to use in CV joints on my 911.

r911

Any good name-brand EP type (extreme pressure) - it will probably say for CV joints.

Synthetics seem like a good idea. Some have hoarded lead based greases to use (I'd like to keep lead out of my body so I've avoided these when offered). Also, Swepco makes one - theirs are not synthetics but have lots of great additives.

I doubt this is too critical as CV's have lasted a loooong time when using the greases of 20 years ago, and todays are surely better. But ti's a Porsche! so might as well gold plate everything.


There are tons of posts on Pelican about tips and tricks as to how to do this.

frankd

Randy,

Thank You. I'll check out Pelican!

RoninLB

I use this Mobil Grease HXP-222-Special flavor for big big rigs that can keep a strand between your thumb and index for a long time.. like in the 1in range and sometimes 1 1/2in range when only a "water thin" amount is used . and this ME took notice of it when he saw it. It sticks to the CV bearings like glue.

DGaunt

I use the gray stuff VW sells for their CVs. It is cheap, available and lasts forever. It also seems to stay where it is put in the CV, even at higher track temps and loads. I have many many miles on my CVs using this grease.

MuffinMan

Another grease I've heard several racers and independent Porsche shops swear by is called LE grease. I believe it stands for "Lubrication Engineering", or something along those lines. It is red.

RoninLB

yep, heard that mentioned. I used the Redline grease and it's also good.. but this Mobil HXP-222 is at least worth an eyeball.. it's really interesting.

Mike F

I just did my cv joints and used swepco. I've never heard anything bad about any of their products.

RoninLB

that's great grease