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The Ubiquitous Leaking Steering Box

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Tony

10-23-2002 19:05:46




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It seems that many people have had trouble with leaking steering boxes. Or, they just have never bothered to refill and assume it doesn't leak, or have even replaced the seals and still find leaking. There have been suggestions of filling the gear box with grease, but this only hardens where gears are not turning. Another suggestion is to use a small amount of synthetic gear oil that does not drip off of the gears easily. But with the synthetic oil, how does one lubricate the gears without the excess oil leaking out. So, the question is, does there exist a lubricant of neither high nor low viscosity that will keep the steering gears from locking up?

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Boogity in Ohio

10-25-2002 13:25:08




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 Re: The Ubiquitous Leaking Steering Box in reply to Tony, 10-23-2002 19:05:46  
I tried my own little experiment and it works great. I figured a way to grease the inner bushing and the left and right outer bushings using my grease gun. I applied a coating of molly lube on the quad gears and pinion. It seems to be working just fine after two years.

Take a look at my photos at Link



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Jim W

10-24-2002 18:34:22




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 Re: The Ubiquitous Leaking Steering Box in reply to Tony, 10-23-2002 19:05:46  
Another suggestion of course is to replace the seals. I have just done this on the TEA I am restoring. While the originals are not available, I was able to find functional replacements very easily as seals, like bearings, come in standard sizes.
I believe that the TEA seals are the same ones as on the TO - the ones I got are CR 13027. I haven't yet filled the steering box with oil, but I don't know why they won't be even better than the original leather seals.
Easy to say, but: they built the entire tractor around the steering box!
Jim

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Rich

10-24-2002 16:47:09




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 Re: The Ubiquitous Leaking Steering Box in reply to Tony, 10-23-2002 19:05:46  
I have a TO20 and am quite used to the leaky steering arms. I've often thought about a really heavy oil I've seen for sale in JC Whitney that claims to be SAE-600W. Maybe someone has experience with this stuff?



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Shawn in Ohio

10-25-2002 10:13:40




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 Re: Re: The Ubiquitous Leaking Steering Box in reply to Rich, 10-24-2002 16:47:09  
Hi I replaced the seals on my TO30 with new ones from my MF dealer they had them in stock, and I tried something a bit different and it works great. I used STP inside of the box. It is very thick and it stays inside and it will sure lube up the parts just fine.



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Shawn in Ohio

10-25-2002 15:17:14




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 Re: Re: Re: The Ubiquitous Leaking Steering Box in reply to Shawn in Ohio, 10-25-2002 10:13:40  
Heck Phil, it works real good and I just used the store brand stuff it is cheaper and in the long run I figure since you don't have to add any to it the price comes out about the same.



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Phil (VA)

10-25-2002 13:58:17




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 Re: Re: Re: The Ubiquitous Leaking Steering Box in reply to Shawn in Ohio, 10-25-2002 10:13:40  
You know, I'd not thought of that, but it sounds like a good idea, although a little expensive. Glad you posted that.



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Tony

10-24-2002 16:59:22




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 Re: Re: The Ubiquitous Leaking Steering Box in reply to Rich, 10-24-2002 16:47:09  
It seems that we must experiment and try the heavy oil. It will also be interesting to see the difference between summer and winter leaking rates.



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Phil (VA)

10-24-2002 08:49:26




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 Re: The Ubiquitous Leaking Steering Box in reply to Tony, 10-23-2002 19:05:46  
The 140 gear lube probably leaks less than 80-90 wt. just because it is thicker.



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