[DeTomaso] Steering Rack

Larry - Ohio Time Corp larry at ohiotimecorp.com
Thu Oct 16 18:00:36 EDT 2008


<< How much does an ounce of zero weight grease cost?>>

It's only sold by the pound.

Larry (very zenish) - Cleveland

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
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Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:58 PM
To: Asa Jay Laughton; DeTomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Steering Rack

How much does an ounce of zero weight grease cost?

(It's one of those Zen imponderables.)



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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:50 PM
To: DeTomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Steering Rack

Here's one for the lubrication engineers...

What would happen if you mixed this zero weight grease Mike speaks of, 
with the 90 weight lube Jack speaks of?

Asa Jay

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MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/15/08 7 12 32, pvperry at earthlink.net writes:
>
>
>   
>> So if one is lubricating their original steering rack can they do it
with
>> grease?
>>
>>     
>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>           
>> What kind of grease would be recommended?
>>
>>     
>>>> The Ferrari 308 and 512BB uses a derivative of the same rack as
ours.   
>>>>         
> Rick Moseley did a bunch of research and finally wound up talking with
a tech 
> engineer at TRW.   TRW bought out Cam Gears UK, which had an Italian
subsidiary 
> that built our racks.   This guy was knowledgeable about the various
Ferrari 
> racks, and said that although back in the day they were lubricated
with heavy 
> gear oil (same as you would put in a differential), they learned a lot
since 
> then, and now they are all lubricated with 0-weight moly grease.
>
> He looked high and low for this stuff, and couldn't find any except in

> massive quantities (55 gallon barrel!).   However, CRC engine assembly
lube (comes 
> in a black tube, available at any auto parts store) is rated at 0-1/2
weight, 
> and the TRW guy said that was fine.   I used to use oil all the time,
but for 
> the past few years I've been using this grease and it's been working
fine.   I 
> can't say that it works better or worse because there's no way for a
person at 
> our level to test it scientifically.
>   
>>
>> What is the technique for lubricating with grease while the rack is
in the
>> car?
>>
>>     
>>>> Step one:   remove rack from car.
>>>>         
>
> Step two;   fully dismantle it.
>
> Leaving the rack in the car is an excellent argument for using oil
instead of 
> grease.   Make sure your steering rack boots are in excellent
condition, not 
> leaking, and make double-sure the clamps are tight.   Then you can
jack up one 
> side of the car has high as you can get it, and dribble axle grease
into the 
> rack.   Supposedly the specification was for 5 1/3 ounces.   However,
I don't 
> think you would hurt anything by putting a bit more in, especially in
light of 
> the fact that if your suspension is at stock height, the tie rods will
droop 
> from the rack down to the spindles on each side, and as a result, most
of the 
> oil will simply pool in the rubber boots.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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