Inner CV Boots

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Inner CV Boots

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I'm redoing the inner CV joints on my 1973 GS Club. The repro boot came with a single tube of dark-grey grease. Looking at the service manuals, they specify 200g (!) of grease on the inner joints, which feels like a lot! A few questions:
  1. Those of you who did this job before, how much grease did you use?
  2. Looking around, most tripod joints use light-brown urea grease. However, the service manuals specify the same molybdenum grease for both inner and outer CV joints. What "should" I be using here, or does it not matter that much?
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Stonehopper
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Re: Inner CV Boots

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The volume in the tube should be enough. It is graphited molybdenum grease specific to such joints - inner and outer. Use it all, and maybe a little more.
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Re: Inner CV Boots

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I should have clarified -- the CV boot came with one 100g tube. After 1 tube it looks like this:

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The question is if it should have come with another tube, or if 100g is enough and the service manuals are being overly generous.
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Re: Inner CV Boots

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Ah well, looks plenty enough to me. No point in packing it in to full capacity as it could only distort the bellows, which you don't really want.
I still think in ounces.
Derek