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From: MIKE MACLEAN <macleans@earthlink.net>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 12:06 AM
Subject: Steering Rack Leak
>Mike,
I had the same problem.Never did get it to stop completely,no matter what I
did,until I followed Frank's suggestion and put grease in the rack and just
let the rest of the 140W oil leak out. No problem since then. Carol '59
Bugeye.
Any listers use 140 wt gear oil in their steering racks? I just
>finished rebuilding mine for my restoration. New boots, damper
>plungers, backlash checked, etc., etc. I was quite proud of the fact
>that I figured out how to fill it with 140 wt gear oil. I just put 10
>ounces in a manual pump oil can with a flexible tube on it against the
>hole in the rack body after removing the zert fitting and pumped away.
>Filled it up and went to bed that night. The next morning apuddle was
>under the rack on the floor. It seems to have leaked out through the
>brass pinion bearing cap. Was this supposed to be sealed somehow?
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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