In a message dated 99-02-12 09:14:05 EST, pfoxtrot@gate.net writes:
<< To: oletrucks@autox.team.net (oletrucks)
I'm a bit confused at what goes in my steering box for lubrication.
I've
got it all nicely rebuilt and back in the truck. Ready for it's
lifeblood
lubrication. I've checked the owners manual and the service manual I
have
and they're both as vague as can be. Must have been written by budding
politicians. Anyway, when I took the unit apart it had an "near grease"
in
it. It sure wasn't gear oil (much much thicker) but wasn't quite the
consistency of wheel bearing grease (it would just barely flow). It was
greenish brown in color with light colored particles in suspension. It
seemed like the ideal stuff, but I can't find it anywhere. Can anyone
tell
me what I had in there based on my description above? Can anyone tell
me
what's best to put in or at least a factory based recommendation? I
remember reading someplace about using a grease with a dash of gear oil
added at the last to provide splash lubrication to the upper cone
bearing
on the steering shaft.
TYIA
Paul W. Franchina
pfoxtrot@gate.net
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Might catch some crap here from the purist, but mine was packed in grease,
what I did was fill it with some real thick oil additive called "PowerPunch",
stuff is thick like STP, I then cross drilled the top plug in the box and
drilled up through the middle of the plug from the inside up, to vent it.
I was just too lazy to take it apart and repack it I guess, but it's been
fine (never rebuilt, only thighten up at the same time) for the last 5 years.
Mike
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