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Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:49 pm**

should a 1977 fj45 steering box(non power steering) have oil or grease in it???

Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:51 pm**

Surely the teeth should be lubed, grease wise?

Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:56 pm**

well i just sold a fully rebuilt one on ebay and the guy has picked it up and taken it home, pulled it apart and now is telling me its full of grease and not oil and it has cost him 6 dollars in degreaser and an hour to clean it. and is trying to tell me onli one seal looks new.
this has never been used since rebuild.

he also wants a partial refund.

so im pretty sure they have oil and not grease in them.. am i right?

cheers
matt

Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:14 pm**

please anyone?

Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:36 pm**

From the manual

Steering Gear Lubricant Type SAE90 gear oil
Steering Gear Lubricant quantity 0.6US qt/ o.5 Imp qt (0.6 liters)

Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:54 pm**

ok so oil... why would the shop that rebuilt them put grease in them???

Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:18 pm**

The grease may just have been an assembly grease

Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:16 pm**

Matt_88 wrote:ok so oil... why would the shop that rebuilt them put grease in them???

because they couldn't be bothered or couldn't fix the oil leaks

Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:18 pm**

the workshop manual advises that you either put in a thick oil or runny grease what does the bloke expect it to be lubed with hopes and dreams

Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:29 pm**

Who the fark pulls apart a brand new rebuilt steering box?? I won't even pull apart a farked one!!

Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:31 pm**

apparently this bloke tell him that its fine tell him to pull his head out of his A#@

Posted: **Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:11 am**

well after a few years of driving I noticed the filler/breather on my steering box and discovered it should have oil. so i basically then poured half a litre of oil straight onto the driveway as the seals were no good. after 5 years of driving with no oil its a little loose but still fine.

grease would work if its worn a litlle but after paying to have it rebuilt I would expect new seals to be in it and oil not to leak out.

unless you were offering a guarantee/warranty on the ebay add - stuff it. we all make stupid purchases sometimes.

Posted: **Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:17 am**

Its a fairly old school practice to fill manual steering boxes with a slurry of oil and grease. When I bought my 40 the steering box was dry and I filled it with a mix of about 70% grease and 30% engine oil. Never gave me an ounce of trouble and was a nice tight box (hehe) till I replaced it with 60 series power steering (about 3 years).

Posted: **Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:33 pm**

ok awsome thanks guys. well ill tell him to stop his bitching and wat not. not my fault, how was i supposed to know.

cheers
matt

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:01 am**

Tell him to add the oil to the grease it will thin the grease and thicken the oil. Ah perfect.

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:26 pm**

RAY185 wrote:Its a fairly old school practice to fill manual steering boxes with a slurry of oil and grease. When I bought my 40 the steering box was dry and I filled it with a mix of about 70% grease and 30% engine oil. Never gave me an ounce of trouble and was a nice tight box (hehe) till I replaced it with 60 series power steering (about 3 years).

yeah, i second that, a manual steering box does not need gear oil, a slurry of grease is all it needs!

Jes

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