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Originally Posted by vstech
I'd put a layer of duct tape on if you want it to last any significant time. it could fail any day. the boots are about 15.00 each and come with grease, and collars. correct pliers are needed to crimp the collar, but you can accomplish the deed with pliers. I just bought 12 boots, and a set of pliers. I'm not going to use the grease unless someone wants me to. I'm putting in Mobile1 75W140 gear oil.
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When i did the ones on my 240D, I used the entire contents of the grease packet that came with the boots and then filled in the remaining space with about a cup of 75w90 or 85w90 (can't remember which) gear oil. Figured that I'd gamble a set of axles on there not being any chemical interaction, and figured further that as long as it all eventually sort of mixed into a lubricative slurry, I didn't really care what its properties were.
Not recommending this to anyone, but it's what I've done to a set that have got a few thousand miles on them since, and it's what I'm getting ready to do to the ones in my w126's.