Message text written by Jeff Boatright
>Mike,
Mine has recently begun leaking there, too. It may be that you overfilled
the rack. You're the only other person I've heard of having this problem
(so far).
Jeff
At 3:01 AM -0500 10/30/98, MIKE MACLEAN wrote:
> Any listers use 140 wt gear oil in their steering racks? I just
> finished rebuilding mine for my restoration. New boots, damper
> plungers, backlash checked, etc., etc. I was quite proud of the fact
> that I figured out how to fill it with 140 wt gear oil. I just put 10
> ounces in a manual pump oil can with a flexible tube on it against the
...
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
<
Going from (poor) memory ... doesn't the manual say '10 strokes' from an
oil filled grease gun? You have said 10 ounces. Do these equate? 10
strokes seems like a rather unscientific measure?
Robert D.
'65 Sprite
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