No problem. Just loosen the big end of the rack boots, and drain each side
from there. Turn the wheel back and forth a few times to get everything.
Some people fill via the boots, too, but I don't think that gets anything
into the rack, so do it the way you were, IMHO.
on 5/24/02 3:33 PM, Steve Morris at MGA1500@mac.com wrote:
> List,
>
> It was late last night; after midnight, and I was finishing up the second
> side of my suspension rebuild on my '58 MGA.
>
> "Hmmm...while I'm under here, I might as well fill the steering rack
> gearbox with oil. What was that? 30 weight in the engine and tranny, 20
> weight cycle shock oil in the shocks, something else thin in the dashpot,
> 90 weight in the rear end, 30 weight in the steering box."
>
> Oops! Needed a full 4 ounces to top off. I removed the zerk fitting, and
> used a pump bottle and some aquarium hose. worked great...wrong oil!
> Should have been 90 weight hypoid! Now what do I do? Do I need to flush
> it? How can I drain it?
>
> Sure steers easily, though!
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Steve
>
> Steve Morris Avon, Ohio
> 1958 MGA 1500 Red/Black
> NAMGAR #5987 BuckAyes Ohio Chapter
> LoCo Brits MG Drivers Club #5422
> <mailto: MGA1500@mac.com>
> http://homepage.mac.com/mga1500
>
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