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Originally Posted by vwnate1
The simple fact that Mercedes no longer provides the obsolete spider oil in their boot kits tells anyone who has rational thinking ability what's what here .
When one comes to a tech help site then wants to argue that the manufacturer is wrong, well, I leave that to you sir .
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Yes.
As with all things, the dollar wins.
It is cheaper and faster to use grease than oil in the cv axles.
I have opened up hundreds of 123 and 124 axles… look at the thread I linked above.
The greased axles RUST AWAY and fail.
I have NEVER SEEN THE SLIGHTEST CORROSION in any 123/126 oiled axles. Zero.
Dozens and dozens of 124 axles were rusty, and many of them the metal was so far gone as to be unsafe, and I have had 2 fail from rust.