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March 31, 2002
Alan East-Jones:
I prefer a well lubed rack but clean nipples. Of course, that's just me!
(By the way, all, "Happy Rabbit"!)
I used grease for many, many years for
the exact same reason: the damn thing
had a grease nipple on it so I "greased"
it!! Logical? Of course. Same with my
MGB's, etc. Never had a worn rack or
steering rack problem, ever.
So I absolutely agree with your thinking
on this 'cause it works!! And your thinking
as to a "sump" for oil I agree with also,
but that's exactly why you "fill" the boots.
On the other hand:
Torn boots are something you are obviously going to discover pretty soon
assuming you do LOF's every few thousand miles and replacement will be
immediate (if you are smart) but still,
in such a situation you would have been
better off with grease rather than oil as
the car was driven during the time the boot was torn and you didn't know
about
it. Better protection with the grease for sure.
Having used grease for so many, many
years in this application with no drawbacks, I have to say the only
reason
not to do so involves steering action in
winter weather. When the temperature
gets down into the low 30's and below,
the steering gets pretty "slow". With stock
diameter steering wheels I don't think this
makes much of a difference, but with smaller diameter ones I use, you
can
definitely tell when it's getting colder outside!!
No big deal; I switch over to oil in the winter and use grease in the
summer
ending up with a "combo mix" of both,
"in there", "over time".
Other then the foregoing, I don't think it
matters at all which is used. Keep the
rack well lubed and the nipples clean,
I say!!
Cap'n. Bob
'60 :{)
PilotRob@... 9151
Posted on March 31, 2002 07:21 AM
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