[FC] Steering box

[Paul Steinberg]

If you warm the STP in boiling water, it will pour quite easily... I used 90 
weight synthetic gear lube in mine when I rebuilt it, and never thought of 
using STP...
Paul in CT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Hand" <vairmech at aol.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Steering box


>
> As far as the lube goes I use AMSOIL grease and about 10% STP. This is 
> best done when you rebuild the box, not easy to put in through the fill 
> plug.
>
>
>
> Ken Hand
> 248-613-8586
> www.corvairmechanic.com
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Western Canada CORSA <westerncanadacorsa at shaw.ca>
> To: 'Al Kidd' <takidd at gmail.com>; corvanatics at corvair.org
> Sent: Sun, Apr 11, 2010 9:41 pm
> Subject: Re: [FC] Steering box
>
>
> Yes, partial rebuild kits are available from Clarks
>
> Proper Steering box lube is exceedingly difficult to find.  A company 
> called
> Penrite is the only one I know of making lube designed for manual steering
> boxes.
>
> It is available in Canada, I can't recall where, I only found out after I
> brought it up from restorationstuff.com in the states.
>
> Regards,
> Joel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Al Kidd
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 6:06 PM
> To: corvanatics at corvair.org
> Subject: [FC] Steering box
>
>
> I am sure this has been asked many times but I have a gooey steering box
> that appears to be leaking from one of the seals.  Can they be repaired or
> replaced?  What kind of lube needs to go back in?
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