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Re: [Healeys] Steering Box Questions

To: Roger Grace <roggrace@telus.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Steering Box Questions
From: Chris Dimmock <austin.healey@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 10:33:28 +1100
Cc: Austin Healey <healeys@autox.team.net>
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Penrite comes in grease gun cartridges.=20
I replace the filler with a 1/4 bsp nipple to fill

https://www.penriteoil.com.au/assets/pis_pdfs/STEERING%20BOX%20LUBE.pdf


> On 26 Jan 2020, at 6:18 am, Roger Grace <roggrace@telus.net> wrote:
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> Two questions for the more experienced among us ...
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> My BJ8 steering box is leaking. =46rom the front cover and more significan=
tly from the shaft.
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> Firstly, is it possible to replace the shaft oil seal without removing the=
 box ? - that is not going to happen at the moment.
> Looks sort of feasible to me and possibly the most difficult issue would b=
e extracting the old seal ?
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> Secondly as often mentioned here is to refill the box with some Penrite or=
 similar NGLI 00 liquid grease. Is there a sensible/practical tecnique to ge=
t it into the filler hole ?. Grease gun with plastic tube ? Sounds messy job=
 to me.
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> Comments/ideas appreciated.
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> rg
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div></div><div>Penrite comes in grease gun=
 cartridges.&nbsp;</div><div>I replace the filler with a 1/4 bsp nipple to f=
ill</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://www.penriteoil.com.au/assets=
/pis_pdfs/STEERING%20BOX%20LUBE.pdf">https://www.penriteoil.com.au/assets/pi=
s_pdfs/STEERING%20BOX%20LUBE.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br>On 26 Jan 2=
020, at 6:18 am, Roger Grace &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:roggrace@telus.net";>roggr=
ace@telus.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><st=
yle> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:arial,he=
lvetica,sans-serif;}</style><div>Two questions for the more experienced amon=
g us ...<br></div><div><br></div><div>My BJ8 steering box is leaking. =46rom=
 the front cover and more significantly from the shaft.<br></div><div><br></=
div><div>Firstly, is it possible to replace the shaft oil seal without remov=
ing the box ? - that is not going to happen at the moment.<br></div><div>Loo=
ks sort of feasible to me and possibly the most difficult issue would be ext=
racting the old seal ?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Secondly as often mentio=
ned here is to refill the box with some Penrite or similar NGLI 00 liquid gr=
ease. Is there a sensible/practical tecnique to get it into the filler hole ?=
. Grease gun with plastic tube ? Sounds messy job to me.<br></div><div><br d=
ata-mce-bogus=3D"1"></div><div>Comments/ideas appreciated.<br data-mce-bogus=
=3D"1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus=3D"1"></div><div>rg<br data-mce-bogus=3D=
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