Steering Rack Lubrication

[twas_brillig]

I'm in the garage this evening (we just started the third week of spring and got some snow flurries today; the forecast high tomorrow is -10 C with a low of -19 tomorrow night (+14F and -2F); getting above freezing in time for the 4th week of spring) sorting out oil and ran across a jug of Royal Purple Maxgear with Synerlec 75W-140 that I've got labelled "Sprite Steering Rack". I don't recall why I settled on this particular fluid but remember sweating what to use.

I thought I'd recently seen a thread discussing steering rack lubrication but couldn't find it. My recollection is that I had the wee beastie up on blocks and pulled a filler plug on the passenger side of the rack and just kept adding fluid and moving the wheels back and forth until I could see liquid.

Doug

 

[Rut]

Doug,
The manual calls for gear oil in the steering rack vs grease and I don’t remember the amount offhand. What I’ve done in the past is to remove the plug and install a grease nipple (I left mine in) and pump in the lube while working the rack. I changed over to corn head grease quite awhile back and it’s a ‘flowable’ grease which does a good job in this application. The only reasons were availability in a grease gun cartridge and less mess.
Rut

 

[nomad]

I take the guts out of a conventional grease gun, hold the tube upright, and pump the oil in through the zerk. Grease gun works fine with 80/90 and 140wt. Long flexible hose on the gun is a must.

Kurt

 

[SaxMan]

I did the gear oil on my rack via a grease gun. Messy, but manageable.