[Shop-talk] Steering gear oil

[Jack Brooks]

A lot of Triumph guys like Cornhead grease in the steering box too.  Leaks are a lot less likely than the specified oils.

Jack

From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Jim Stone
Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 10:37 AM
To: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
Cc: shop-talk at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Steering gear oil

Thanks, Bob. I didn’t want to hijack the thread, so I changed the subject line, just in case anyone else was interested in the topic.

Cornhead grease was recently suggested on the Alpine forum, probably by someone who owns an Alpine and a Healey. In fact, I found the cotton picker oil while looking for cornhead grease.  Besides being more readily available, at least if you have a Tractor Supply nearby, it is just slightly thinner than the grease, which might make it easier to get in the box but still thick enough not to leak out. I won’t know until I try it, and that might be a while. This is pretty low on my to do list right now; I just bought it because I was in the vicinity of a TS store, something that doesn’t happen all that often.

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On May 4, 2021, at 10:28 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net<mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
 Side note: The 'goto' for leaky steering boxes in the Austin-Healey universe is John Deere 'Cornhead Grease;' available at many places online (and probably equivalent to spindle grease). A friend sent me a couple tubes, but I haven't tried it yet; getting it in the box is the hard part.
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