Dick didn't write that material. He just edited the book, pulling
together Tech articles from TSO and other places. Some other guy wrote
the technical articles. I forget his name... :-)
Anyway, you'll get lots of argument about oil versus grease in the
steering rack. The advantage of oil is that it creeps into all the
corners of the rack better than grease does, so is more likely to provide
passable lubrication even if you don't use enough. On the other hand,
grease will get into all the cracks and crevasses just fine *if* you pump
plenty of it in. It has the advantages of not requiring a separate gun,
and of staying in the rack instead of running out.
If you have an oil gun or a bulk-load grease gun that you can put oil in,
then use oil. If not, use grease. Either will do the job.
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Stu Keen wrote to MG:
> I've been following the discussion about lubricating the steering rack of a
> TD. Admittedly the manual says to use oil, but I am in a dilemma. I would
> appreciate comments concerning the following passage in Richard Knudson's
> "The T Type Restoration Handbook" page 86:
>
> "Steering Rack: The original lube charts call for the use of gear oil in
> TD/TF/Y steering rack, but modern multi-purpose lithium grease works just as
> well and isn't nearly as messy."
>
> Knudson isn't the first person I have seen advocating using lithium grease
> instead of oil. What's the problem using grease?
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Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO CT3479E
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