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Trevor Jessie
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Use "cornhead" grease in a regular grease gun. It is thin, slick, and works its way out and onto the inner tie rod end area. But... it doesn't drip like oil.
Besides, this car is not going to be daily driver, so you can manually lube the inner tie rod ends every 3,000 miles if needed.
Just my 2 cents.
Besides, this car is not going to be daily driver, so you can manually lube the inner tie rod ends every 3,000 miles if needed.
Just my 2 cents.
Trevor Jessie
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For use on the cornheads of combines when harvesting. Also used in various other gearboxes.
Trevor Jessie
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OK, you're not going my way. Here ya go:
https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/tools/oil_gun2.htm
https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/tools/oil_gun2.htm
Trevor Jessie
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It will be easier to find corn head grease than a "pom pom" gun. However, Somewhere someone had instructions on how to convert a plunger type grease gun to hold oil. I'll take a look at my links and see if I can find it.
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From the lbcarco web site:
04/10/05 Fill your Steering Rack with Oil
Our Tech Tip this week is from Wayne Hardy.
Here's one more that will be of use to operators of older LBCs (like my '58 MG Magnette) that have the grease zurks on the rack and pinion tube for adding that all important 90 wt. oil, (never grease) to the steering. Your Quick Lube places don't have the means to add oil through their grease gun. At Wal-Mart, or your favorite outboard boat and motor shop, you will find a little pump for topping up or changing the oil in the outboard motor lower unit. The pump is made to screw right into the usual 1 quart plastic BOTTLE of oil, and it fits the bottle of 90wt. rear axle oil perfectly, (yes this is what MG recommends for the steering). Then go to the auto parts place and buy a discharge end fitting with short solid tube for a grease gun; the standard end, not the needle fitting. The discharge end of the pump can be removed (it's made for an outboard motor) and the grease gun tube inserted in its place with a very small hose clamp to hold it in the pump's plastic tubing. This will then allow you to pump the correct oil from the bottle into and through the grease zurks on your rack and pinion housing. The Wal-Mart pump costs about $6.00 and the grease gun end about $3.00. The pump is also nice for adding oil to the rear end if you take off the grease gun end and just pump it in. I've always had trouble getting the bottle up & inverted enough to get the oil in the axle due to the gas tank on a "B".
04/10/05 Fill your Steering Rack with Oil
Our Tech Tip this week is from Wayne Hardy.
Here's one more that will be of use to operators of older LBCs (like my '58 MG Magnette) that have the grease zurks on the rack and pinion tube for adding that all important 90 wt. oil, (never grease) to the steering. Your Quick Lube places don't have the means to add oil through their grease gun. At Wal-Mart, or your favorite outboard boat and motor shop, you will find a little pump for topping up or changing the oil in the outboard motor lower unit. The pump is made to screw right into the usual 1 quart plastic BOTTLE of oil, and it fits the bottle of 90wt. rear axle oil perfectly, (yes this is what MG recommends for the steering). Then go to the auto parts place and buy a discharge end fitting with short solid tube for a grease gun; the standard end, not the needle fitting. The discharge end of the pump can be removed (it's made for an outboard motor) and the grease gun tube inserted in its place with a very small hose clamp to hold it in the pump's plastic tubing. This will then allow you to pump the correct oil from the bottle into and through the grease zurks on your rack and pinion housing. The Wal-Mart pump costs about $6.00 and the grease gun end about $3.00. The pump is also nice for adding oil to the rear end if you take off the grease gun end and just pump it in. I've always had trouble getting the bottle up & inverted enough to get the oil in the axle due to the gas tank on a "B".
Trevor Jessie
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Geesh,
contact https://www.powermotion.net/ and ask them for one. Tell them that Alemite has them in their catalog.
contact https://www.powermotion.net/ and ask them for one. Tell them that Alemite has them in their catalog.
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jlaird
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Should not think so but bet most of them over the years have had grease pumped into them. At the very least you would need to take both boots off and maybe use something with pressure to clean, might as well take it down at that point.
However, maybe some thiner oil would combine with the old greese and allow you to work it out????????
However, maybe some thiner oil would combine with the old greese and allow you to work it out????????