steering rack - oil or grease?

[magpies]

recommendations / thoughts please

[glenrobbo]

Gear oil with LiquiMoly? If they still do it?

Have you googled it Mick?

[magpies]

not yet

[greymrj]

Quotes: 'lightly coat the rack with a semi-fluid grease' 'coat the pinion and bearing with grease' 'refit the pinion cover after filling with semi-fluid grease'.
Quite what qualifies as a 'semi-fluid' grease is not specified!!!!

Those where quotes from Ford manual while the S has a Vauxhall based rack but I would be very surprised if they were different. The only Vauxhall reference I can lay my hands on refers to rack and pinion requiring 'steering grease'!

I am pretty sure I used Castrol LM, but then it is a fall back for me for parts which dont get hot.

[phillpot]

greymrj said:

Quite what qualifies as a 'semi-fluid' grease is not specified!!!!

EP 0, this should do a few racks.... clicky...



who fancies buying it and divvying up into 500grm tubs?

Edited by phillpot on Saturday 20th February 14:59

[glenrobbo]

Do you reckon 12.5 kilos will be enough Mike?

[magpies]

£60 for 12.5kg is MUCH cheaper than £10.99 + £2.99 p+p for 500gm tub

how many would buy at £5 for 500gm in a plastic bag delivered to a meet

[phillpot]

magpies said:

£60 for 12.5kg is MUCH cheaper than £10.99 + £2.99 p+p for 500gm tub

how many would buy at £5 for 500gm in a plastic bag delivered to a meet

My maths isn't brilliant but a 12.5 Kilo tub (allowing for a little loss) should make twenty four 500g tubs?

£60 divide 24 = £2.50, add on 50p for some proper tubs (bags would be terribly messy) and I'm in at £3

Just need 23 others now !

[greymrj]

Now that is Classic! :
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Castrol-Spheerol-Semi-Fl...

[glenrobbo]

Have you had your rack rebuilt with the correct length trackrods now Mick?
I would have thought that Kiley Clinton would have packed it with lube on reassembly.
Or are you having a go at modding it yourself?

[magpies]

modded it myself - somewhere in the I had a spare, with I think had the correct ends, has gone missing - that one I would have sent away for o/h as it had a tight spot.