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Re: 'B rack oil fill (was: Diff. filling on '80 MGB)

To: neilson@mprgate.mpr.ca, british-cars@hoosier.cs.utah.edu
Subject: Re: 'B rack oil fill (was: Diff. filling on '80 MGB)
From: Kendall Robinson <kendallr@smtplink.chey.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 92 08:07:26 EST
>> From: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
>>
>> 2)  How do I get 90W oil into the steering rack through a grease nipple?

> Roland said:
>
> My Cobra has essentially the same rack and pinion steering as your 'B so
> I presume the procedure is similar.  My manual sez to loosen a gaiter
> clamp and to squirt the oil in under the loosened rubber.  My manual
> also states that the grease nipple on the rack itself is for the purpose
> of greasing (very sparingly) the pinion gear bearing.


How do you know how much oil to add anyway ... (when it starts leaking out it's
full?!).

Rob

I think the steering rack has a specific capacity (listed somewhere in
          the Haynes manual, for instance).  You measure out the oil
          then pour it in.  

          Kendall



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