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Old 03-17-2018, 10:40 PM
ttownthomas ttownthomas is offline
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Originally Posted by sixto View Post
What car is this?

Where are these spider joints that should have oil instead of grease? The constant velocity joints take a specific grease. The differential which has spider gears takes gear oil. LSD diffs take specific kinds of gear oil. I can’t think of anything else back there that needs lubrication.

If budget matters, consider good used axles. They can last the life of the car without touching.

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon
W126. Oil gets poured into the can around the spider joint on both ends of the cv axle. There is even a picture in the fsm of oil getting poured in.
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