CV joint lube

[3500GMC]

I'm aware of the CV needing some better quality grease so here's my quandary:

I'm 're-booting' my 2 CV's on my 1-ton and I don't like the tiny bags of grayish black grease that came with the Raybestos boots. I mean it's probably the correct stuff, (lithium based molybdenum disulfide it says) but I need a little more because want to be sure everything is at least covered at all times.

I found a tub of Coastal brand (pn 52353) that states it's same stuff and it looks, feels and smells the same...

But there's two different lubes in my OEM CV's. The inner (3 trunions) lube is just like the aforementioned grease. The outers (ball in track) had this snot colored grease, a yellowish-tan clearish stuff.

Everything is disassembled cleaned spotless right now so I can use anything without fear of two types of grease causing havoc.

So do I proceed with the black lithium based molybdenum disulfide for all the CV's?

 

[NVW]

That snot colored stuff sounds like the crap they assemble new u-joints with.

 

[Ed HD]

Use what you got, it will be fine. The more important thing is that they get grease, not whether it's what GM says or uses.

 

[3500GMC]

Well for better or worse, richer or poorer, I chose Redline Synthetic's CV-2. I ordered two 14oz tubs and used almost all of it in the 4 joints. It's kind of a dark orange, and smells just like moly grease. It's a 'non-soap' grease that flows better than some I've seen. Not so tacky of a grease. Very slick stuff.

For cv's that have over 200k and having had bad boots, they are survivors. Still very good shape.

Time will tell.