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Steering column install

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Kats66Pny

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Ok stupid question. :Katcof

Was going to put my steering column back on but then I remembered when I removed it, the shaft down near the gear box had some kind of lube/grease all over it. What kind am I suppose to use to there?
 
Ha ha.. normally saliva works.. oh wait, wrong topic. :roll

I found something on VMF that was saying the actual column itself inside doesn't get anything, that any grease up in there is stuff that came out of the steering box? So I wouldn't have to to put anything on there when I install the steering column, assuming the steering box is full. But if not, that the box needs to be filled with a lithium based grease?
 
Every 65/66 I have ever torn apart had grease up and down the shaft. I very much doubt it was pushed all the way up the tube from the box. I'm thinking they lubed the shaft for some reason after placing the diaphragm seal on the box. Maybe they had troubles with the shaft gouging the tube during insertion and damaging the head of the shaft, causing them to chase the threads on the end of the shaft before the happy ending.
 
The grease rides up the shaft, according to the gurus of concours restorations.

DO NOT use lithium grease in the steering box; it takes a special lube, basically high temperature grease that you can also use in ball joints, suspension parts, etc.
 
I didn't add anything to the box. Leaving it alone. And I figured, like you said, the concourse folks say it rides up the shaft so I said heck with it and put the column on and didn't add any grease. :shrug It already had some in there, left over from when I removed it. Plus this article didn't mention anything about greasing anything.

http://www.mustangmonthly.com/techartic ... n_kit.html
 
"Sluggo" said:
Yes. Particularly when on the moon. 641/2 thru 66 mustangs are immune to the laws of physics.
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That's what I'm sayin'

I wonder if the upper bearing was packed with grease on the cars, resulting in the grease making it down the shaft. I don't buy the grease walking uphill. I bet a floor worker said "I'll grease the entire damn shaft........see if they can figure out why in 40 years".
 
"Lemondrop" said:
That's what I'm sayin'

I wonder if the upper bearing was packed with grease on the cars, resulting in the grease making it down the shaft. I don't buy the grease walking uphill. I bet a floor worker said "I'll grease the entire damn shaft........see if they can figure out why in 40 years".
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Negative...grease is only found on the lowermost 10-12 inches, never at the top.
 
"Midlife" said:
Negative...grease is only found on the lowermost 10-12 inches, never at the top.
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I've pulled many a 65/66 apart and found grease all the way to the top before. On the shaft and spattered inside the tube.
 
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