ElmrPhD
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| posted on 8/12/15 at 01:42 PM |
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(gear?) Oil for steering rack?
Esteemed colleagues (or whatever...)
After sitting on the shelf for a loooong time, and apparently in a non-strategic position...my steering rack/box leaked some of its oil out.
It's what I believe is a fairly standard steering rack for kitcars - looks to be the old Escort type.
Does anybody know what type of oil it came with or what should be used to replenish my loss?
Sorry, but I have no way of knowing it's origin as my supplier is AWOL. It was either supplied by MNR or my supplier got it from
god-knows-where.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Steve, in the NLs
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britishtrident
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| posted on 8/12/15 at 01:55 PM |
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Manual racks don't have any fancy lubrication requirements any gear oil will do.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Angel Acevedo
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| posted on 8/12/15 at 03:04 PM |
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I am depowering a rack and plan to use chassis grease instead of oil.
Although, it may be too thick?
Looking forward to more input from other locosters.
Beware of what you wish.. for it may come true....
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 8/12/15 at 08:58 PM |
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I did work on a car (an Austin) where the grease in the steering rack had to be electrically conductive, to make the horn work!
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Slimy38
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| posted on 8/12/15 at 09:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Angel Acevedo
I am depowering a rack and plan to use chassis grease instead of oil.
Although, it may be too thick?
Looking forward to more input from other locosters.
Last time I opened up a rack it was definitely more greasy than oily....
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