[Shop-talk] Steering gear oil

[Jack Brooks]

Pat,

My TR3 is a worm and peg.

The way it was explained to me……..  Cornhead grease is that it’s a semi-fluid, self-leveling grease thick enough to stay put, but will liquify easier than regular grease, so it’ll work “as an oil” in steering boxes that specify oil, not grease.

I couldn’t find the John Deere spec sheet quickly, but a number of the properties are highlighted here.
https://www.greenpartstore.com/John-Deere-Special-Purpose-Corn-Head-Gun-Grease-AN102562.html

Jack

From: Pat Horne <patintexas at icloud.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 9:32 AM
To: Jack Brooks <JIBrooks at live.com>
Cc: Shop-talk at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Steering gear oil

I’m not involved w/British cars, but old Japanese cars & would like some information about the vehicles that y’all are considering using cornhead grease on. Are these steering boxes recirculating ball or worm & peg boxes? The Datsun roadsters I’m involved with use both types depending on year.

Peace,
Pat
Pat Horne
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On May 4, 2021, at 11:26 PM, Jack Brooks <JIBrooks at live.com<mailto:JIBrooks at live.com>> wrote:

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<mailto: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<mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>>
Cc: shop-talk at autox.team.net<mailto: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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