Re: Putting grease in Series steering box?

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Tom Woods

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #1

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 22:18:37 +0000, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
wrote:

>My steering box can't hold its oil. Can i put the one-shot swivel
>grease in it?.
>I can't see why this would be bad (I mean its must be better than
>having no oil in like it does currently!)

I just found this thread again after searching google groups and
realised that i still havent fixed my steering box and dont recall
ever filling it up, and the thing still works!

if it will go for 3 years with no oil in (other than the residual
gunk) then i reckon its gonna love swivel grease!

must remember to buy some next time i go shopping!

 

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Alex

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #2

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:22:31 +0100, Tom Woods
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 22:18:37 +0000, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>My steering box can't hold its oil. Can i put the one-shot swivel
>>grease in it?.
>>I can't see why this would be bad (I mean its must be better than
>>having no oil in like it does currently!)
>
>I just found this thread again after searching google groups and
>realised that i still havent fixed my steering box and dont recall
>ever filling it up, and the thing still works!
>
>if it will go for 3 years with no oil in (other than the residual
>gunk) then i reckon its gonna love swivel grease!
>

Better put something in, they sieze up eventually, I had a bone dry
one jammed and forced the top cover off, snapping the bolts holding it
down. ISTR I put LM grease in it rather than EP90 as the seals at the
bottom leaked EP90 out again. I could be wrong about LM, but i
definitly did not put EP90 back in it again.

Alex

 

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EMB

Guest

• Oct 11, 2006

• #3

Tom Woods wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 22:18:37 +0000, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> My steering box can't hold its oil. Can i put the one-shot swivel
>> grease in it?.
>> I can't see why this would be bad (I mean its must be better than
>> having no oil in like it does currently!)
>
> I just found this thread again after searching google groups and
> realised that i still havent fixed my steering box and dont recall
> ever filling it up, and the thing still works!
>
> if it will go for 3 years with no oil in (other than the residual
> gunk) then i reckon its gonna love swivel grease!
>
> must remember to buy some next time i go shopping!

I've used industrial semi-fluid grease in a variety of steering boxes
over the years with no ill effects.

 

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gordon

Guest

• Oct 12, 2006

• #4

Within the classic car world Penrite do some stuff called Steering Box
Lube, or words to that effect. It's a semi-fluid grease designed for
worm and peg steering boxes. Bit of a pain to get into the box, I use a
syringe.

Gordon.

 

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EMB

Guest

• Oct 12, 2006

• #5

gordon wrote:
> Within the classic car world Penrite do some stuff called Steering Box
> Lube, or words to that effect. It's a semi-fluid grease designed for
> worm and peg steering boxes. Bit of a pain to get into the box, I use a
> syringe.

I heat it until it's suitably liquid and then pour it in with a funnel.

--
EMB

 

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gordon

Guest

• Oct 12, 2006

• #6

EMB wrote:

> gordon wrote:
> > Within the classic car world Penrite do some stuff called Steering Box
> > Lube, or words to that effect. It's a semi-fluid grease designed for
> > worm and peg steering boxes. Bit of a pain to get into the box, I use a
> > syringe.
>
> I heat it until it's suitably liquid and then pour it in with a funnel.
>
> --
> EMB

For a Landy, yes, but I'm trying to get it down a steering box cover
bolt hole on an MG TC!

Gordon

 

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Lee_D

Guest

• Oct 12, 2006

• #7

Tom Woods <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:
> On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 22:18:37 +0000, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> My steering box can't hold its oil. Can i put the one-shot swivel
>> grease in it?.
>> I can't see why this would be bad (I mean its must be better than
>> having no oil in like it does currently!)
>
> I just found this thread again after searching google groups and
> realised that i still havent fixed my steering box and dont recall
> ever filling it up, and the thing still works!
>
> if it will go for 3 years with no oil in (other than the residual
> gunk) then i reckon its gonna love swivel grease!
>
> must remember to buy some next time i go shopping!

Laurie Wright has had it in his 101 steering box for a number of years
without issue from my recollection.

Personally I'd use half and half least some can splosh about then, it's not
like steering boxes get as hot as a front swivel assembley.

Lee D

 

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Tom Woods

Guest

• Oct 13, 2006

• #8

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:53:07 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Laurie Wright has had it in his 101 steering box for a number of years
>without issue from my recollection.

i was sure i'd read about it somewhere on the 101 group too!. that
will be it!

>Personally I'd use half and half least some can splosh about then, it's not
>like steering boxes get as hot as a front swivel assembley.

the liquid half is quite likely to escape though!