[Shop-talk] Steering gear oil

[Bob Spidell]

My Healey 100's box is leaking profusely; has 1) anyone injected the CH 
Grease into a box with some 90W remaining? Does the CG Grease displace 
the oil and 2) anyone found a quick-and-easy way to get the grease in 
(mine's in regular grease gun tubes; just wondering if there's an easier 
way)?

Bob

On 5/5/2021 3:36 PM, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
> Having spent some time in the seat of a JD 9900, I can verify that
> spindle grease is very runny, without being leakingly runny.  Also a
> fascinating green color...kind of like minty toothpaste.  But
> slippery.
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> Jeff Scarbrough
> Corrosion Acres, Ga.
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> On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 4:30 PM Jack Brooks <JIBrooks at live.com> wrote:
>> Pat,
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>> My TR3 is a worm and peg.
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> Jack
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> Peace,
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>> Pat
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>> Pat Horne
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>> On May 4, 2021, at 11:26 PM, Jack Brooks <JIBrooks at live.com> wrote:
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>> A lot of Triumph guys like Cornhead grease in the steering box too.  Leaks are a lot less likely than the specified oils.
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>> Jack
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> 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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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On May 4, 2021, at 10:28 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>  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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