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Originally Posted by vstech
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.
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I could understand it being a decision based on saving a few bucks or just easier to service, but I'd expect a service bulletin or some literature which advised the use of grease.
The idea that something comes in a service kit means I should use it is silly. There used to be several service kits for different steering boxes, now they are all superseded by a single kit. I can't use all the parts supplied on any one box and some of those seals aren't the best choice for some boxes.
I'm willing to be wrong about the appropriateness of oil for CV joints, I just want to be able to repeat the correct position with some way of defending it when someone asks me. There's no way I'm switching to grease and saying "yeah, some guy online said it was obvious."