Andrew,
This has been a thread often in the past. Some just use grease (it's
actually called for in leter models). I just unscrew the zerk fitting and
squirt oil in the hole. There is a marine-use hand-held oil gun that was
noted a while back. Here's what I have:
> No, this is not a tread on what lubricant to use, or should that be yes, this
> is not a thread on what lubricant to use. Anyway wanted to pass on
> information about a neat grease gun for the steering rack. Thanks go to Pete
> Sameroo who put me on to this at Sprite Rush. This is a squeeze grip gun
>with
> a short (4 inch) flexible hose ending in a zerk nozzle. The lubricant
>(90 wt)
> is in tubes and screws into the gun so it can be operated in any position
> without oil running all over the place. Perfect for doing the steering rack.
> You should be able to get these guns and the tubes of lubricant from any boat
> supply. The unit that I found is a LubriMatic Code No. 11138 and cost about
> $15. They charge to much for the oil but once the tube is used up you
>can cut
> the sealed end off and fill it with your own oil, fold and clamp the end and
> it will work just fine. Thanks Pete this was a great lead.
>
> Bob and Annice
> 1960 Sprite
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> Here is a picture of such a gun and some info:
> http://www.vtr.org/maintain/trunnion-oil.html
>
> Ulix
Hope this helps,
Jeff
At 3:31 PM -0500 10/13/98, Andrew Griffith wrote:
> I think there's something up with the server... I sent this earlier and
> didn't get a copy back, so lets try this one more time.
>
> Greetings Listers,
>
> I just received my new steering rack boots for my '62MK2, so prior
> to installing them I thought I'd read up on the finer points of this rack,
> via the Haynes Sprite & Midget manual. I was surprised to read that this
> early rack requires 10 oz. of SAE 140 wt. gear oil, and even more surprised,
> well I guess not, that the book doesn't mention how to get the blasted oil
> in the rack. Upon studying the rack I can see a grease fitting on one end,
> so am I correct to assume the there is some special tool out there in cyber
> space that injects oil via a grease fittings? Or does the oil go in via the
> damper pad caps?
> If the oil does go in via the grease fitting... what would happen if
> someone pumps in a load of grease by mistake? Not that I did... just a
> thought.
>
> For those of you here in California...
> The Autumn Classic British Sports Car Concourse & Tour will be this
> Saturday, Oct.17th, at San Juan Bautista, Ca. This show is for
> non-trailered, two-seater, '50's & '60's era cars only, and public viewing
> starts at 10AM. For info please cal (831) 722-3253.
>
> See you there.
>
> -Drew
>
> andrew.griffith@readrite.com <mailto:andrew.griffith@readrite.com>
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Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
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