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Re: Oiling the steering rack.

To: Andrew Griffith <Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com>
Subject: Re: Oiling the steering rack.
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 14:02:37 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: "'spridgets@autox.team.net'" <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
In-reply-to: <51D0DFC32994D1118C7C00104B22E3FDA8191B@b2exch02.readrite.com>
Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Drew,
here is the tool: http://www.vtr.org/maintain/trunnion-oil.html

Others say that they have been using grease in the rack fro years with no
problems.

Ulix


On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Andrew Griffith wrote:

> 
>       Greetings  Listers,
> 
>       I just received my new steering rack boots for my '62MK2, so prior
> to installing them I thought I'd read up on the finer points of this rack,
> via the Haynes Sprite & Midget manual. I was surprised to read that this
> early rack requires 10 oz. of SAE 140 wt. gear oil, and even more surprised,
> well I guess not, that the book doesn't mention how to get the blasted oil
> in the rack. Upon studying the rack I can see a grease fitting on one end,
> so am I correct to assume the there is some special tool out there in cyber
> space that injects oil via a grease fittings? Or does the oil go in via the
> damper pad caps?
>       If the oil does go in via the grease fitting... what would happen if
> someone pumps in a load of grease by mistake? Not that I did... just a
> thought.
> 
>       For those of you here in California...
>       The Autumn Classic British Sports Car Concourse & Tour will be this
> Saturday, Oct.17th, at San Juan Bautista, Ca. This show is for
> non-trailered, two-seater, '50's & '60's era cars only, and public viewing
> starts at 10AM. For info please cal (831) 722-3253.
> 
>       See you there.
> 
>       -Drew
> 
>       andrew.griffith@readrite.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>               
> 

    Ulix                                                    __/__,__        
.......................................................... (_o____o_)....
                                                           '67 Sprite


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