Some oil will get into the boots but they are not designed to hold oil but
to keep out dirt. If you fill them with oil they wouldn't compress, they
would split.
...Art
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Lonn and Rhonda wrote:
> So Art, how do you propose to keep oil out of the boots? Inquiring minds
> want to know...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
> To: John Walker <john@rmartin.net>
> Cc: Neil Cotty <neilc@apphosting.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 10:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Steering column UJ
>
>
> > 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
> > > ============
> > > ~= Early 1974 MGB =~
> > > ============
> > > In Progress :)
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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