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Re: [TR] 90wt. oil in steering rack?

To: CarlSereda@aol.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] 90wt. oil in steering rack?
From: ghamilton99@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:31:50 +0000
see this link:

http://www.geocities.com/britishiron2000/lubes

--
Gary J. Hamilton

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: CarlSereda@aol.com 

> Owners of rack & pinions! 
> Do you use grease or gear oil? The '60's TR4/4A Factory Manual states '5 
> pumps of grease' - but now I see in TRF's blurb below re TR6s - to use gear 
>oil! 
> PLUS now I see that BMC manuals state gear oil for their '70's MG Midget's 
> steering rack & pinion.. 
> Seems weird to have boots full of gear oil (sagging from added weight). 
> And yet, grease does seem less effective if it gets squished out of the gear 
> mesh - never to return.. 
> Any concensus? If gear oil is best - how much should I put in? Half full 
> boots Ok? 
> Regards, 
> Carl 
> '63 TR4 since '74 
> 
> >>"The reason for hose clamps on rack boots is that steering racks are 
> supposed to be lubricated with #90 gear oil, not with multi-purpose grease. 
> Gear oil 
> sloshes around inside and lubricates the entire steering rack and pinion 
> mechanism. 
> Grease stays in one place and lubricates only a few inches of the rack. That 
> is the 
> reason that you should replace torn or perished rack bellows before the oil 
> leaks out..." a TRF TR6 internet sales page<< 
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