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 matara
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| posted on December 28th, 2007 at 08:22 PM |
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Steering box grease?
The steering box on my 65 Type 3 Notch has developed a leak, most probably from lack of use. The cars done 84,000 miles from new and before I stopped
using it regularly the steering was perfect, no slop at all. I've heard of people refilling the box with grease to overcome small leaks. Anyone know
what type of grease you should use? I was thinking of using CV grease.
Cheers
Steve
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on December 28th, 2007 at 09:01 PM |
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yep thats the one....good old moly grease
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| posted on December 28th, 2007 at 09:47 PM |
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Hi
I like a mixture of STP or similar with some wheel bearing grease.
Steve
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| posted on December 28th, 2007 at 11:29 PM |
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Your 40+ year old grease has probaly 'broken down'
I've used grease in teh lower half of the box with gearbox oil to top it up; seems to have worked okay for 15+ years
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| posted on December 29th, 2007 at 07:42 AM |
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use molly and a little gearbox oil as well
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