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I would have thought CV Joint grease would be the thing to use.
Less chance of no lube when the boot fails.
Seems to be the way a number of oneline sources think...
Though one came up with this...
" In the service manual the proceedure for replacing the boots is outlined with the second to last step being to "fill the synchromesh with spider joint oil". It seems that the international ban on spider hunting came along in the 80's and severely impacted the spider joint oil industry and farmed raised spiders and joint oil extration labor cost soared. "
https://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/...-series-drive-shaft-joint-lubrication.112226/
Less chance of no lube when the boot fails.
Seems to be the way a number of oneline sources think...
Though one came up with this...
" In the service manual the proceedure for replacing the boots is outlined with the second to last step being to "fill the synchromesh with spider joint oil". It seems that the international ban on spider hunting came along in the 80's and severely impacted the spider joint oil industry and farmed raised spiders and joint oil extration labor cost soared. "
https://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/...-series-drive-shaft-joint-lubrication.112226/
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Haha, I also found that, here is an extract from the manual below.
The thing is the old axles have lasted 160,000 miles with no wear using oil, so I would prefer to stick with oil.
Seems like a few others are going with EP 80w/90 oil.
I would seriously doubt spider joint oil comes from spiders!
The name likely comes from the fact that driveshaft uj are also called spider joints.
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I'm open to suggestions as I'm clueless on this.I would have thought ep80/90 would be to thin??
