You can buy CV grease in tubes, I do. But if I was on the road and needed a
hit of grease, as I have been, I would use any old grease like a junkie. I
never had a problem mixing.

Jim

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 9:10 AM Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> "They" say CV grease is not regular grease and has a base that handles the
> job it's meant for better than other lubes.  "They" say you should not use
> anything else, and mixing it with other base greases is not good.  I had
> more wheel bearing and chassis lube grease at hand (town is an hour, round
> trip from our place) and only a single squeeze tube of CV grease, but that
> seems to have been enough...
>
> On Sep 22, 2016 4:07 AM, "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Over the years I have performed the life-saving grease injection trick
>> using a "syringe" made for the purpose, available at many auto parts store.
>> It is a big needle, but on the back of it there is a a fitting that snaps
>> into a standard grease gun nozzle. I don't carry a grease gun but do carry
>> the needle in my toolkit so I could give my CVs a fix at any old lube shop.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:15 PM Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Last weekend, at short notice, we were able to ramble across Oregon.
>>> Hood
>>> River on the Columbia River to the Strawberry mountains on the south
>>> eastern edge.. ended up being about 800 miles, lots of hills and a huge
>>> headwind coming home along the Gorge..Rather than actually properly
>>> removing my left axle to do that noisy side, at the 11th hour before we
>>> left (getting wise about taking right off on a remote adventure after
>>> fixing anything critical)..and of course the outer CV was the one making
>>> noises...I rigged a short section of vacuum line to one of my SO's horse
>>> syringes... Inserted that line through the boot with the help of a
>>> screwdriver.  I filled the syringe twice (one whole tube of CV grease)
>>> and
>>> squeezed the grease on two "sides" of the joint... The vacuum line I cut
>>> to
>>> length so it went into one of the spaces in the CV....It must have been
>>> pretty dry, haven't serviced that side ever... I'll do it properly when I
>>> do the wheel bearing soon.   Anyway, It's now smooth and quiet, and I
>>> didn't spoil a trip with a stripped or broken bolt at the last minute...
>>>
>>