<VV> Re: Steering Sector Lube
goofyroo@excite.com
goofyroo@excite.com
Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:06:23 -0500 (EST)
>>>>>>>>>>Need help again. Tech guides have proved very helpful but can't find exactly which weight lube to put in a steering sector. Corvair shop manual is also vague (we are not all experienced auto mechanics......uhhhh, sorry, "technicians"). I want to put in a synthetic.
Joe:
Here's an answer I gleaned from a long-ago exchange here, and recently provided to another VV member:
The general consensus was, a 50/50 mix of 90W gear oil and hi-temp lithium grease. (I may be wrong about the lithium, so somebody correct me. Also, I know there were other opinions on what to use, but the group generally coalesced around this tried-and-true mix.)
I followed the suggestion of using a microwave to warm the grease, then stirred the oil in. Handle the hot stuff with great caution. I used an old teacup I could throw away afterward.
I spooned the mix into a squirt-style oil can and pumped it into the box on the car. I figure you have the box out so you won't need to do that.
Michael Smith
Dallas
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