Redline CV-2

[ray]

Patrick,
Appreciated your step-by-step instructions on driveshaft and CV joint
rebuild. I'm curious whether you used the Redline CV-2 to pack your
wheel bearings alsn inspection of the spider, I noticed that the two
open faces are different. one side is flat while the other side has a
raised ridge. I didn't notice on removal which end goes toward the
housing. The picture is not clear in either the maintence manual or the
parts book.

Ray & Elisa
1973 Painted Desert
Corning, CA

 

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Ray,

I did use CV-2 on the wheel bearings also, but when I did mine there was
some confusion(at least in my mind) whether Mobil1 approved the use of their
synthetic grease in wheel bearing applications. After I laid in what's
turned out to be a one year supply of CV-2, I spoke with the Tech folks at
Mobil and confirmed that their synthetic grease is up to the task. The
Mobil1 is about half the price of CV-2 and much easier to find. Whenever my
stock of CV-2 runs out, I'll switch to Mobil1.

Regarding the axle spider, I don't recall any difference in orientation of
the spider and I'm sure if it mattered it would be called out in the
maintenance manual. The raised ridge may just be a forging mark. IIRC, the
spiders out of my axles were perfectly symmetric from one side to the other.

HTH,
Patrick

>
> Patrick,
> Appreciated your step-by-step instructions on driveshaft and CV joint
> rebuild. I'm curious whether you used the Redline CV-2 to pack your
> wheel bearings alsn inspection of the spider, I noticed
> that the two
> open faces are different. one side is flat while the other side has a
> raised ridge. I didn't notice on removal which end goes toward the
> housing. The picture is not clear in either the maintence
> manual or the
> parts book.
>
> Ray & Elisa
> 1973 Painted Desert
> Corning, CA
>

 

[ray]

turned out to be a one year supply of CV-2,
Me too.

> Ray,
>
> I did use CV-2 on the wheel bearings also, but when I did mine there was
> some confusion(at least in my mind) whether Mobil1 approved the use of their
> synthetic grease in wheel bearing applications. After I laid in what's
> turned out to be a one year supply of CV-2, I spoke with the Tech folks at
> Mobil and confirmed that their synthetic grease is up to the task. The
> Mobil1 is about half the price of CV-2 and much easier to find. Whenever my
> stock of CV-2 runs out, I'll switch to Mobil1.
>
> Regarding the axle spider, I don't recall any difference in orientation of
> the spider and I'm sure if it mattered it would be called out in the
> maintenance manual. The raised ridge may just be a forging mark. IIRC, the
> spiders out of my axles were perfectly symmetric from one side to the other.
>
> HTH,
> Patrick
>

> >
> > Patrick,
> > Appreciated your step-by-step instructions on driveshaft and CV joint
> > rebuild. I'm curious whether you used the Redline CV-2 to pack your
> > wheel bearings alsn inspection of the spider, I noticed
> > that the two
> > open faces are different. one side is flat while the other side has a
> > raised ridge. I didn't notice on removal which end goes toward the
> > housing. The picture is not clear in either the maintence
> > manual or the
> > parts book.
> >
> > Ray & Elisa
> > 1973 Painted Desert
> > Corning, CA
> >