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davidz

12-14-2004 11:49:35

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Just bought an 8N and have taken the hood off. Have looked and looked for the grease fitting or hole to fill with 90w or grease. Have not been able to find it. Know it is somewhere, but ?????

Can someone tell me where it is and how to get to it???

Thanks, for I know you will have a good answer. Davidz

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Dave8n

12-14-2004 16:55:43

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Re: Steering Oil, where? 8N in reply to davidz, 12-14-2004 11:49:35

This is the way my 48 8n steering box is hope it helps.The arrow points to the fill plug.I installed a grease zerk and pumped corn head grease untill it came out up at steering wheel.. Dave.

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slifnom

12-14-2004 16:51:43

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Re: Steering Oil, where? 8N in reply to davidz, 12-14-2004 11:49:35

Where is oil added to a 9n? I reall do not know! Help!

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Dave8n

12-14-2004 16:58:38

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Re: Steering Oil, where? 8N in reply to slifnom, 12-14-2004 16:51:43

I believe the 2n and 9n lube from the tranny i think....

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Russ in SoCal

12-14-2004 18:05:04

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Yup in reply to Dave8n, 12-14-2004 16:58:38

Yer right, Dave. 9/2Ns are splash lube from the tranny.
Russ

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H Kutzler

12-14-2004 15:13:51

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Re: Steering Oil, where? 8N in reply to davidz, 12-14-2004 11:49:35

A lot of people on this board recomend corn head grease so that is what I used. I got two tubes at the john deere dealer and pumped it almost all in and till it started to come out up buy the steering wheel so I know it is full.

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GAJIM

12-14-2004 14:46:29

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Re: Steering Oil, where? 8N in reply to davidz, 12-14-2004 11:49:35

Here's a link to the Smith's 8N site that has pictures & instructions on lubing the steering gearbox. Hope this helps. GA Jim

http://home.att.net/~jmsmith45/rep.htm#q14

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Bill Rolland

12-14-2004 15:02:56

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Re: Steering Oil, where? 8N in reply to GAJIM, 12-14-2004 14:46:29

One other tip - if you're going to use gear oil, be sure to get a plastic gear oil bottle with a pump. I tried using a length of vinyl hose stock onto the top of the gear oil bottle, lost about half the bottle's contents. Doy. Spend the extra few bucks for a pump attachment.

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ZANE

12-14-2004 14:38:03

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Re: Steering Oil, where? 8N in reply to davidz, 12-14-2004 11:49:35

Actually it is actually better to use implement grease in the steering box. The oil will leak out and the greas won't. The later Ford tractors all had grease in the steering sectors beginning in the mid sixties. You can adapt a grease gun to fill the gear box by drilling a bolt to accept a small grease fitting or just poking the end of the grease gun in the bolt hole that is the fill hole and pumping till you can't get any more in it.

You can also drill a small hole in the steering shaft housing about an inch or so below the steering wheel and pump oil into the hole to lubricate the upper bearing in the steering box. It is very important that the oil or grease be completely full so that the top thrust bearing is lubricated. This in one place where not enough thought was put into what is going to happen when this steering box gets old and leaky. No oil to the top bearing is what happens. Then the top bearing is crunched and that ain't goood!

Zane

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Bruce (VA)

12-14-2004 12:56:40

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Re: Steering Oil, where? 8N in reply to davidz, 12-14-2004 11:49:35

Someone will come along soon & post a picture, but in the meanwhile I'll try to describe the location. On most, but not all 8N's, add 90w gear oil to the steering box by locating a bolt on the left side of the steering box above the bolt holding the positive battery cable. Take a stiff piece of wire, put a 90 degree bend in the end of it about 1/8 inch long, remove the bolt & stick the bent end of the wire in the bolt hole. If it snags, you have the correct bolt hole that has an opening in it to the steering gear box for adding oil. Then, get a bottle of 90w gear oil & 2 feet of plastic tubing (pet stores have it) slip the end of the tubing over the pointed end of the gear oil bottle & the other end in the bolt hole, & start squeezing. At some point before Saturday, you will have it full! If you are doing this outside in cold weather..... you might want to have the oil at room temp!

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