Steering gear

[51shoeboxer]

Originally Posted by Kube

It did not have a grease fitting originally. Also, originally it was to have gear oil installed.
Many guys, me included, now use John Deere Cornhead grease in the gear box.
It stays within the pitch of the gears and won't leak as oil often does.
I made a fitting out of an extra gear oil cap I had. Easy task by just drilling tapping a hole for a grease fitting. I install that cap, fill up the box with Cornhead grease and replace it (the modified cap) with the original.

Oh, regular wheel bearing grease will not work well in this application.

I am inclined to administer the Cornhead fix, but I have a question: will Cornhead fill the needle bearings on the Pitman arm shaft if administered through a grease fitting on the steering box plug?