Carl if I were going to use the AN102562 Corn Head Grease in my steering box that sounds like a great way to get it in. As stated earlier, the Penrite is a little more ($10 for a 16oz bottle vs. $3 for 14oz. of AN102562) but it still flows a little easier than the Corn Head Grease. And there is no drain in the bottom of an AD steering gear, if properly maintained there is no need to ever drain or change the lubricant. Here’s a bottom view of the gear out of a ’50.
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/121279662 Joe, I’m not tryin’ to be a smart ars or nothin’, I hope from our virtual world here that you know me better than that. But I gotta’ voice my opinion about how I feel about this here steering lube thing. If you’ve got Penrite Steering Box Lube running right out of your steering box then you gotta have one or more of these four things that need repair or service. Either the seal is shot, a groove is worn in the sector shaft where the seal rides and needs to be replaced or a Speedy Sleeve added, or the bearings are shot or out of adjustment. You’ve got one of the nicest looking trucks that I’ve seen on the Bolt, I envy you and wish mine would turn out half as pretty. That old gal of yours is to durn nice to be running around with the drip.
Me Pop was an old school mechanic and my brother and I we were taught to work on cars as soon as we could walk. When I was old enough to leave the house alone I started hanging around in gas stations and then worked in them from about thirteen on. Later when I got a license I went to work for Chevrolet starting out on the grease rack and cleaning parts for the mechanics, and I worked as a counter man for a while at the local auto parts. But most of my teen years and into my 20’s I was a parts man in a Chevrolet dealership. I never saw anything other than rear axle hypoid grease used in steering gears. As you’re Shop Manual recommends, “refill with General Purpose or Universal gear lubricant.” It was a regular part of any lube job back then to check the steering box. If one got to leaking so bad that it couldn’t keep lubrication in then a new seal was generally in order, a heavier grease was akin to putting rags under the valve cover to quiet down worn out engine parts, (right before you sold it).
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
