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jlaird

jlaird

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Picked this up elsewhere seems like a great idea.

Drill out the zirk grease fitting on the rack, the spring and bearing will pop out. Attach a clear plastic hose that fits to an oil pump. You know the kind for a quart of oil. Give it a few shots.

The hardware carries small plastic caps that can be used to pop on the now drilled out zerk or I guess you could just put another zerk in there.

Oh yea, new clean racks need a pint of oil total.
 
A British Repair/Resotration shop near me says they put grease into the early racks instead of oil. Said they've been doing it for years without any problems.

Just my two cents.
 
My reconditioned rack only has one grease fitting on the passenger side. I've been told to use grease also but I'm wondering how much of that gets down the rack to the driver's side or if it really makes any difference.
 
The factory manual says oil. It also says a bit at each lube. Is only supose to have one pint total.
 
If you only have one Zerk fitting, and use grease, very little, if any will propagate to the opposite side. Use oil as intended, and you won't have a problem.
The only problem with removing the check ball from the fitting and using a cap is that internal pressure can force the cap off the fitting, allowing most of the oil to be lost.
However, according to Bentley, cars after G-AN5-114643, which is '72 and later, used grease in the rack.
Reference page J.6, Section J.9
Jeff
 
I would use a drilled out zerk as the oiler and another for the plug. In fact I intend to do just that.
 
That would be my plan too, Jack, if I were to go that route. But, I've got a pressure type oil gun, so I can use a regular Zerk to oil/grease the rack.
Jeff
 
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