>From: "Seippel, Jim J" <Jim.Seippel@siemenscom.com>
>To: "'Editors, Molecular Vision'" <jboatri@emory.edu>,
> "'chasdoug@gte.net'" <chasdoug@gte.net>
>Subject: RE: Steering Rack Lube
>Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:22:20 -0800
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>There was a note that was posted on one of the other listservers
>concerning using a grease gun to lubricate the steering gear on a Lotus
>with 90 weight gear oil. I have enclosed the text from a Triumph
>maintenance notebook found on the web. The URL is:
>http://www.vtr.org/maintain/trunnion-oil.html There is a picture of the
>grease gun on the web page.
>
>If you think that there is enough interest, feel free to forward this
>note to the Spridget listserver.
>
>Jim Seippel
>
>============================================================
>Trunnion Oiling
>
>by Peter Zaborski, peterz@merak.com
>
>
>The recommended lubricant for TR6 trunnions (steering swivels) is gear
>oil. Unfortunately, it is diffcult to fill the trunnions with the oil
>while the
>assembly is still on the car. There is a grease nipple on the trunnion
>(at the upper part) but typically using a grease gun loaded with oil
>results in a
>huge mess. An alternative is to use grease instead of oil but unless the
>trunnion is heated sufficiently to allow the grease to "melt" it will
>never flow
>far enough into the trunnion to do any good.
>
>"Here is a new approach to this task (original info courtesy of Odd
>Hedberg from Sweden). I obtained a Quicksilver brand grease gun from a
>Mercury Marine dealer which can be used to inject at high pressure
>Quicksiver gear oil from a tube which nicely mates to the gun. This
>results in
>no mess and no need to heat the trunnions to a high enough temp to melt
>grease (I thought grease was supposed to resist metling?).
>
>The gun is sold as Quicksilver Grease Gun, part number C-91-37299 and
>cost is approxiamtely $20.00 Canadian. The oil I used is Quicksilver
>Gear Lube Super Duty in a 250 ml tube, part number 92-98780 and cost was
>$4.00 Canadian. Mercury Marine is a world wide brand of power
>boating eqiupment and should be available just about anywhere."
>============================================================
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Editors, Molecular Vision [SMTP:jboatri@emory.edu]
>>Sent: Thursday, January 29, 1998 10:59 AM
>>To: chasdoug@gte.net; spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
>>Subject: Re: Steering Rack Lube
>>
>>>I asked on the spridget list about getting hypoid oil into the steering
>>>rack of a '60 bugeye, and a couple of responses were from people that
>>>used grease. It looks to me like the PO used grease.
>>>
>>>What's the downside of this?
>>>
>>>Chas Douglass -- Seattle WA
>>
>>The lube fitting is on the passeger side of the rack. How will you get
>>grease over to the driver side? I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm just
>>pointing out the most likely downside.
>>
>>There is a _very_ simple solution to this. Unscrew the grease fitting and
>>pour oil into the hole! I use a flex neck oil can and just squirt it in.
>>I'd warm up the oil the first time so as to soften any grease chunks that
>>may be blocking the oil access to all parts of the rack. Re-insert the
>>grease nipple. Drive around the block both directions, taking the corners a
>>little briskly, then reapply oil.
>>
>>The downside to using oil is that if your boots are not in good shape, oil
>>will leak out where grease won't. This is a very likely outcome, but will
>>at least let you know that dust may be getting into the ball joints.
>>
>>This worked for me. Your mileage may vary.
>>
>>Jeff
>>
>>
>>_____________________________________________________MV
>>
>>Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
>>Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
>>http://www.emory.edu/molvis
>>jboatri@emory.edu
>>(404) 778-4113 Phone
>>(404) 778-2231 FAX
>>
>>
>>
>
_____________________________________________________MV
Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
http://www.emory.edu/molvis
jboatri@emory.edu
(404) 778-4113 Phone
(404) 778-2231 FAX
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