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Hello fellow members. As some may know I just got my jeep running and driving, and when I brought her back from a spin around the block I saw it was dripping some fluid I freaked out for half a second thinking it was oil, I checked all the spots oil could leak from and they where all dry. I took a second look and my manual steering box is leaking. at first i thought it was from the sector shaft seal where the pitman arm connects after talking to Lee but its leaking from the front of the steering box. How could I fix this up?

 

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It pretty common for manual steering gear to start leaking with time since they are filled with 90 weight gear oil. Yours doesn't look bad. A quick "fix" that normally works is to use a grease gun with a needle fitting to fill it up through the fill plug on top. Or you can use a heated up mixture of mostly grease and gear oil and pack it in to thicken it up. Try this first before replacing if the box is still tight and usable.

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4 hours ago, HOrnbrod said:

It pretty common for manual steering gear to start leaking with time since they are filled with 90 weight gear oil. Yours doesn't look bad. A quick "fix" that normally works is to use a grease gun with a needle fitting to fill it up through the fill plug on top. Or you can use a heated up mixture of mostly grease and gear oil and pack it in to thicken it up. Try this first before replacing if the box is still tight and usable.

 

I am going to try this.  Where would I connect the grease gun? To the thing on the top that you use to take the play out of your steering?

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I took out the cover bolt that is labeled check but the hole is too small for my grease gun. I would start pushing grease fill the hole and use the bolt to push the grease through. This doesnt seem to efficient. 

Can I take out all the bolts for the top cover?

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