[DeTomaso] Steering rack adventures

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/4/08 13 09 44, JDeRyke at aol.com writes:


> Hopefully the practice of using axle grease in a steering rack was not the
> base cause of excess rack/ pinion wear? From what I can see, using grease 
> here
> only allows one to use leaky or badly-adapted steering rack boots, which 
> seems
> like attacking the wrong end of a leak problem....
> FWIW-   J DeRyke (with 80W90 in all my racks)
> 

Well, the OEMs switched to grease long ago.   I used to use oil until Relay 
Rick consulted with a TRW engineer who was involved in these things (TRW bought 
Cam Gears and later made the same rack under their own name).   He said TRW 
now uses grease for a variety of reasons.

I believe Roland's new racks come filled with oil though.   Roland?

Mike


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