So Art, how do you propose to keep oil out of the boots? Inquiring minds
want to know...
----- Original Message -----
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
To: John Walker <john@rmartin.net>
Cc: Neil Cotty <neilc@apphosting.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: Steering column UJ
> No the boots should not be filled with oil, they need to compress and
> would explode if filled. As far as the rack goes yes that is filled with
> gear oil and not grease
> ...Art
>
> On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, John Walker wrote:
>
> > > I also found out
> > >that the rack and pinion is supposed to be filled with 80/90 weight
gear oil
> > >and not grease - never looked at it b4 now. Funny that the grease
nipple and
> > >rack was full of, yeah, grease. Hmm. Obviously previous Mechanics had
been
> > >putting grease in there.
> >
> > To clarify, the rack BOOTS are supposed to be filled with 90 weight.
The
> > rest
> > of the steering components are lubricated with grease. I believe all of
> > the nipple
> > fittings are supposed to be filled with grease. You might want to
double
> > check
> > this with some of the more knowledgeable listers before you try and pump
90
> > weight
> > into any grease fittings or vise versa. :)
> >
> > -JW
> >
> >
> > John Walker
> > john@rmartin.net
> > drone@d23.com
> > ============
> > ~= Early 1974 MGB =~
> > ============
> > In Progress :)
> >
> >
>
>
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