| Author | Message | ||
     KC Unregistered guest Posted From: 168.210.90.232 |
I am going to follow the advice given here and fill my steering box with soft grease. Having asked at my local supplier, I get the impression they want to sell me normal all-purpose grease. How do I tell if the grease is soft enough? What must I look for on the container? I notice that some grease has EP content. Is that bad? Regards KC | ||
| John Dare Unregistered guest Posted From: 144.138.194.57 |
KC.As suggested earlier, I would ONLY use a grease formulated specifically for steering boxes, since such greases, most notably the Australian "Penrite", will not cavitate. I suspect other proprietory brands DEDICATED for steering box applications would essentially be the same. Let me know where your are in SAFR and I will call Penrite to establish details of their distributor/s in your city/area. I know they will have one, since they have been exporting their premier products for some time. Regards | ||
| KC Unregistered guest Posted From: 168.209.98.67 |
Hi John I am in Johannesburg, South Africa. Thank you for all the advice! Part of the fun of obtaining a new car is doing the research. Regards KC | ||
| John Dare Unregistered guest Posted From: 144.138.194.12 |
KC;I spoke to Penrite today and if you e mail them on penrite@penrite.com they will make arrangements to get some of their tried and proven steering box lubricant to you. Dont take any notice of suggestions re bananas in differentials (or steering boxes!) for that is just another one of those silly "stories" from High school days where few people bothered (as I did!) to ask HOW one was supposed to get the bananas INTO the differential in the first place!. That "story" was only eclipsed by the "other" story of the time, about the midnight raider who routinely entered the premises of a well known rubber products manufacturer, and armed with no more than a pin, proceeded to sabotage some of the companies more popular products. The dire consequences were self evident to all, none the least to my goodself!. In retrospect, these stories were of course, no more than puerile nonsense frequently encountered in the process of growing up. Something which most of us have managed to do. | ||
| Bill Coburn Grand Master Username: bill_coburn Post Number: 220 Registered: 4-2003 |
John let us not dismiss the apocrypha too quickly. I actually helped dismantle a diff that had had a plastic garden hose fed into it for quietness. The bananas by the way were true but apparently the smell gave the game away! | ||
| John Dare Unregistered guest Posted From: 144.138.194.12 |
Thank you Bill, I can only surmise that the bananas most have been rotten? I guess to fit them thru the average 19mm oil filler orifice they must have been peeled first? SO messy what with rotten and "bending" bananas etc.. all slippery and gooey! YUK. | ||
| Richard Treacy Grand Master Username: richard_treacy Post Number: 293 Registered: 4-2003 |
To fit banana skins to the diff, follow the schedule in TSD 6911. Remove the body Dismantle the steering box Place the chassis on a vertial stand Peel six grade PS6311 bananas, part number UB5053 Using Mixmaster part number UD 69797 shred the banana skins to a width of 0.7311 inches Polarise the banana skins as described in Bulletin A61197 Remove the final drive drain plug and carefully insert the prepared banana skins Reassemble vehicle Refill the final drive with olive oil This process has since been superseded due to the availability of synthetic bananas. | ||
| John Dare Unregistered guest Posted From: 144.138.194.12 |
This is ONE case where I will GLADY accept the recent instruction/s NOT to "Blindly follow factory bulletins" (especially the foregoing!) and thereby maintain my original choice of dedicated,special purpose "Penrite" steering box lubricant as tried and proven in the real world. | ||
| Richard Treacy Grand Master Username: richard_treacy Post Number: 294 Registered: 4-2003 |
Trouble is, there is no real world out there. |
