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
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