Mike,
Mine has recently begun leaking there, too. It may be that you overfilled
the rack. You're the only other person I've heard of having this problem
(so far).
Jeff
At 3:01 AM -0500 10/30/98, MIKE MACLEAN wrote:
> Any listers use 140 wt gear oil in their steering racks? I just
> finished rebuilding mine for my restoration. New boots, damper
> plungers, backlash checked, etc., etc. I was quite proud of the fact
> that I figured out how to fill it with 140 wt gear oil. I just put 10
> ounces in a manual pump oil can with a flexible tube on it against the
> hole in the rack body after removing the zert fitting and pumped away.
> Filled it up and went to bed that night. The next morning apuddle was
> under the rack on the floor. It seems to have leaked out through the
> brass pinion bearing cap. Was this supposed to be sealed somehow?
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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