Shane001, yes I have been through much the same as you. When I got my WH 3.0crd 18 months or so ago the cv on the rear of the front shaft was stuffed. I replaced it with one from Rockauto. It lasted for about 30,000. Cant remember the brand but I think they are pretty much all the same,just in a different box.Its the same cv in the WG/WJ as well. Anyway when I was replacing the cv I noticed that the grease they supply is almost clear and very thin. Should have chucked it and used Castrol LMM. So same as you found the shit grease leaked out and ruined the cv. So I cleaned up an old cv that was in one of my other Jeeps, but was changed out because it was starting to make some noise. So cleaned it up nice and packed it with Castrol LMM and put silicone on the gaskets. Also the bolts need to be retightened after about 50/100km. Since then(about 20,000km) the previously noisy cv is quite and no grease has leaked out. So my take on it all is...most of the CVs are the same,,,the grease they supply is crap ,,,and the gaskets leak unless you seal them,,and the bolts need retightening soon after a few Kms. Good luck, tell us what works out.
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