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Steering box lube
Lucky Phil - August 26th, 2012 at 11:15 PM

So my trusty Bentley manual tells me to lube the steering box with "liquid transmission grease".
Yeah, right! Supercheap has gallons of it, don't they?
I was told as an apprentice years ago to mix 1 part GP grease with 1 part 80/90 gear oil.
What do others use?

h - August 26th, 2012 at 11:42 PM

grease is the word

HappyDaze - August 27th, 2012 at 06:24 AM

Penrite Steering Box Lubricant, from their Vintage & Classic range. :tu:

oldtub356 - August 27th, 2012 at 12:35 PM

The 356 had the same SteeringBox until mid1957 - the Porsche factory WorkshopManual lists SAE140 for the VW box and SAE90 GearOil for the later ZF SteeringBox.

cesiumfrog - August 27th, 2012 at 12:50 PM

i'm with 'h'
grease works fine , smooth steering and don't seem to get any leakage.
only new steering box i have bought was italian and came pre packed with what looked like
wheel bearing grease? i packed my current cars steering box with a regular x=chassis grease
after sucking out the little oil remaining.

Lucky Phil - August 27th, 2012 at 05:42 PM

Thanks for the input guys.
I remembered the second part of the lesson.

"If it leaks out of the bottom, the seal is stuffed.Then pack it with grease."

This one is a bit dry so i will use a bit of 80/90 gear oil in the grease to help it get in there.

Phil.

greedy53 - August 28th, 2012 at 09:39 PM

took all the oil out and replaced it with grease helped to tighten up the steering as well

vlad01 - August 28th, 2012 at 11:16 PM

I have seen lot of people use molybdenum disulfide grease.