<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Interesting. The Alpine is a <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">recirculating ball unit, but the issues are the same. The OEM specification was 90wt gear oil, but that has a tendency to leak out after 50+ years. </span> I packed mine with regular grease many years ago and, while it still feels fine and I haven’t pulled the top cover off to check, I gather that because grease doesn’t flow, it will gradually get pushed away from the gears if I didn’t get the packing perfect. So, I will eventually replace it with what I recently purchased, and then with the corn head grease if that doesn’t work.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here is a John Deere video discussing the grease. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zNhli-J0Gk" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zNhli-J0Gk</a> (I can’t help but think the Deere video is actually modeled on the old <span style="color: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color, var(--yt-spec-text-primary)); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-font-size, var(--yt-navbar-title-font-size, inherit)); font-variant: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-font-variant, inherit);" class="">Turbo Encabulator video. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag</a>)</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And, here is an exploded view of an Alpine gear. <div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="0AEFDD87-BFE3-4BA0-BAA0-0FFE0087E709" src="cid:4FA555A7-1AD4-451F-A4BB-44F694E9CAA9" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jim<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 5, 2021, at 12:50 PM, Jack Brooks <<a href="mailto:JIBrooks@Live.com" class="">JIBrooks@Live.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Pat,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">My TR3 is a worm and peg. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">I couldn’t find the John Deere spec sheet quickly, but a number of the properties are highlighted here.<br class=""><a href="https://www.greenpartstore.com/John-Deere-Special-Purpose-Corn-Head-Gun-Grease-AN102562.html" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.greenpartstore.com/John-Deere-Special-Purpose-Corn-Head-Gun-Grease-AN102562.html</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Jack<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Pat Horne <<a href="mailto:patintexas@icloud.com" class="">patintexas@icloud.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, May 5, 2021 9:32 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jack Brooks <<a href="mailto:JIBrooks@live.com" class="">JIBrooks@live.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net" class="">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Shop-talk] Steering gear oil<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">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. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Peace,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Pat<o:p class=""></o:p></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Pat Horne <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">We support Habitat for Humanity<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br class="">On May 4, 2021, at 11:26 PM, Jack Brooks <<a href="mailto:JIBrooks@live.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">JIBrooks@live.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">A lot of Triumph guys like Cornhead grease in the steering box too. Leaks are a lot less likely than the specified oils.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Jack</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Shop-talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Jim Stone<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, May 4, 2021 10:37 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">bspidell@comcast.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Shop-talk] Steering gear oil<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">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. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">might</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Sent from my iPhone<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">On May 4, 2021, at 10:28 AM, Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> 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). 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