Corvair Steering Box Lube

Some have mixed wheel bearing grease and gear oil.

Corvair steering box lube. Seasonal change is unnecessary and the housing should not be drained. Chevy corvair 1960 reversed corvair manual steering gear box by racing power company. If you are looking to upgrade the steering system of your vehicle to make the most out of your vehicle s performance go with this high grade. 1965 corvair chassis shop manual section 9 wrote.

Steering box filler plug gm in the 60 s used a steering box lube that had a viscosity between wheel bearing grease and 80 weight gear oil. Lubrication the steering gear is filled at the factory with a special all season gear lubricant. As mounted in the car small boxes such as used in mustangs cougars and early falcons have the fill plug located at the bottom end of the housing. Lubricant level should be checked every 36 000 miles.

Back then a new dad used to refer to it as baby poop grease since it had the same consistency a baby poop. Lubricating the steering box locate the fill plug on top of the steering box housing. This is usually a stamped hollow metal plug with a 1 2 hex shape on top.