I'll take a guess too. I'll bet the factory engineers knew a little more about
the lubrication requirements of the parts they were designing and even worked
with engineers from the lubricant companies, Shell in this case, to make sure
the product they turned out would last as long as the warranty at a minimum.
For steering components they may have even had a higher standard because
failure could have severe consequences.
I'm not one of these Luddites that uses non-detergent oil because that is what
it said in a 40 year old manual, but grease instead of gear lube? NO WAY.
Would you fill your rear end with grease?
Bob Melusky
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