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RE: Steering Rack and oil vs grease

To: Toby Atwater <Toby@intri-plex.com>
Subject: RE: Steering Rack and oil vs grease
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 17:12:09 -0400
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> charset=ISO-8859-1
Hey Toby, 

 I bought this car a little over 30 years ago and have kept it going as a
daily driver ever since.  What I've put on it is only about 18K per year. 
The secret is to never sell it, just drive it.  I was thinking about
selling it a few years ago and when my kids found out they threatened to
NOT take care of me when I got old!  So I kept the car!

Paul A

FROM:   Toby Atwater, INTERNET:Toby at intri-plex.com
TO:     "Spridgets@Autox. Team. Net (E-mail)",
INTERNET:spridgets@autox.team.net
DATE:   10/25/00 4:59 PM

Re:     RE: Steering Rack and oil vs grease

 
I need to start driving more. Try to catch up to Paul for the most millage
on a listers vehicle.

Toby

71 Toyota Land Cruiser 524k miles (oil change today)
69 Sprite
69 Midget


>My main car just went to all zeros this past Sunday, now it's 
>counting past
>600,000.  I will admit that about 10 years ago I replaced the 
>rack.  Had
>some play in the straight ahead position!
>
>Paul A
>
>FROM:   INTERNET:froggi@cdsnet.net, INTERNET:froggi@cdsnet.net
>TO:     "Paul A. Asgeirsson", PAsgeirsson
>CC:     Ryan Marro, INTERNET:ryan_marro@hotmail.com
>        Spridgets, INTERNET:spridgets@autox.team.net
>DATE:   10/25/00 2:54 PM
>
>Re:     Re: Steering Rack and oil vs grease
>
> 
>Paul,
>
>It would appear that grease is definitely not the way to go.  The ultra
>high
>viscosity of grease is causing excessive structural stress and 
>premature
>e-failuration.
>
>How many miles on your car(s) now Paul?
>
>Herb
>Keep the sticky side down!
>
>"Paul A. Asgeirsson" wrote:
>
>> My racks are only lasting about 400K with grease in them.  Should I
>convert
>> to oil now?
>>
>> PA
>>
>> FROM:   "ryan marro", INTERNET:ryan_marro@hotmail.com
>> TO:     Spridgets, INTERNET:spridgets@autox.team.net
>> DATE:   10/24/00 10:56 PM
>>
>> Re:     Steering Rack and oil vs grease
>>
>>
>> Hey all,
>> Yes I am a DCO, but I am striving to be a Less DCO.  The 
>Haynes says to
>use
>>
>> oil in the steering rack instead of grease.  I don't know if 
>I have an
>> early
>> or a later steering rack (the car is a '60 Bugeye).  It's 
>whatever was on
>> the car when I bought it.  It had grease in it (a little 
>anyway as the
>> boots
>> were rotten and had to be replaced).  I put grease back into 
>them when I
>> replaced the boots, and have a whopping 800-900 miles on the 
>car since I
>> got
>> it back together.  Seems to be doing okay.  I am headed 
>towards impending
>> doom?  I mean, more quickly than we all are?
>>
>> Ryan Marro
>> Fayetteville, NC
>> 
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