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Re: grease follow-up...early racks
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Posted by John Blas [Email] (more from John Blas) on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:32:09
In Reply to: Re: grease follow-up...early racks, DougM [Profile/Gallery]
, Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:09:01
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I think in 1975 they switched to gear oil. You do Not want to use gear oil or regular grease in manual steering racks.
Semi-fluid grease is the way to go. All manual steering rack manufacturers switched to semi-fluid grease one year. Why? It doesn't leak out, stays put, and flows over wear surfaces.
Note page 642-1 of the 99 Red Service Manual (75-80) that says in the middle of 1978 production year racks are now lubricated with semi-fluid grease (3008703) and all repairs to even earlier cars should be done using semi-fluid grease. I've used Pennzoil's 760 in all my rack repairs and haven't notice any wear in 10+ years.
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