steering box lube
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Melting Slicks
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From: Beringen
steering box lube
Tomorrow i'm going to rebuild a steering box for the first time. I forgot to by the GM grease for it. Is there any replacement that you can use for this and functions as good ?
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Le Mans Master
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From: Saginaw Michigan
I was always told that a good grade of lithium based chassis grease was the grease of choice. However, that was 25 years ago just before Saginaw exited the manual steering gear business. Through the years there have been big improvements in greases, synthetics, etc. There just isn't any more recent engineering data from the former manufacturerer.
BTW, don't overfill the gear. There needs to be some air volume inside the gear to allow for grease expansion as the gear and other things get warm under the hood.
Jim
BTW, don't overfill the gear. There needs to be some air volume inside the gear to allow for grease expansion as the gear and other things get warm under the hood.
Jim
Last edited by Jim Shea; Nov 17, 2007 at 09:09 AM.
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From: plymouth mass
I was always told that a good grade of lithium based chassis grease was the grease of choice. However, that was 25 years ago just before Saginaw exited the manual steering gear business. Through the years there have been big improvements in greases, synthetics, etc. There just isn't any more recent engineering data from the former manufacturerer.
BTW, don't overfill the gear. There needs to be some air volume inside the gear to allow for grease expansion as the gear and other things get warm under the hood.
Jim
BTW, don't overfill the gear. There needs to be some air volume inside the gear to allow for grease expansion as the gear and other things get warm under the hood.
Jim
