mtsmini wrote:
Good question by Mearcat...I'm at the same stage.
Looking inwards, regarding the drive box, what do you pack that with and can you replace the seal round the spline where the steering column goes? Where do you get them?
Would you also grease under the boots? The oil will tend to sit at the bottom of the boot and only get shaken round once things start moving?
The seal is available from Karcraft, Mini King and others.
After assembling the rack I put it in middle position, fit the LH boot & clamps, and stand it on its end in the vice, gearbox end up.
Then I pour 200mL of gear oil in. It takes 10 mins or so, as air comes up from below.
Then I fit the RH boot and clamps.
As I said before the problem with the grease they used to use (EP2 or similar) is it's too thick, and it goes hard. Then there is NO lube, as the rack has cut a path through the old grease.
The driest thing in the box is always the top bearing.
1/2 these racks I'm doing up had grease in, only 1 of those had grease that was still thin enough to lube itself. The rest were all dried out.
As Diecast (and I) said, it's best to use gear oil, not grease.
Cam Gears never recommended grease be used in these racks.
With 200mL of oil in there, it gets sloshed from end to end as you steer, lubricating everything- including the inner tierod joints.
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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.
