Steering Box Oil?

98truck

Can I use Differential Oil 80W/90 in my Steering box for a 1931 Essex super six.

Thanks George

Lance

George, Go to a John Deere dealer and buy 'corn head grease'. It sounds weird but it's made for slow moving worm and gear movements much like a corn harvester would have. Forget the heavy weight oils. Once you open a steering box it will leak. Just replace the old nasty stuff with the green grease from Deere .Works great.

Geoff

I mix up moly-grease with gear oil, until it becomes the consitency of treacle. If you use straight gear oil, it will leak out.

ESSX28-1

I use Penrite's liquid grease in my 28 Essex Coupe.

Kdancy

https://www.amazon.com/John-Deere-Corn-Head-Grease/dp/B08B69ZDWG/ref=sr_1_2?crid=145PQK7JB6B1M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tfsPeuTRxlqRnZsIrjExrahZ3KSKM8jzqTuURwgx4wckMfpt1lY-jrID0ADMuHRSAI33D-WO0wU8eHHcF3kZlOTTbgfVDHlgufYHBgpmcZ8WmYn6n3K112rOscOLY2DUtaiOP9RlOVHT-FyQ9tXUuf5z-rD_NoKyVFtRXCfFzKgHbfb69kU5mO0rVfnzYS5HR5_8H4Yhej0Va9acjFbmgcyHucakzW10ej2H_YziwFcLMVpXZnFjdd0SrHKFa4g4-X5dblfbUs5gaHwlYRS-itmi0GpJY1IdkXnr5IeAyOY.FiqFLqpJm851jBWce1Lh8smU6jCmgJj5bsVEfiY4Q5M&dib_tag=se&keywords=corn%2Bhead%2Bgrease%2Bjohn%2Bdeere&qid=1718385864&sprefix=corn%2Bhead%2B%2Caps%2C338&sr=8-2&th=1

35 Terraplane

This may work

https://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb.dll?parta~dyndetail~Z5Z5Z50001003a~Z5Z5Z5AAHBE~P24.50~~~~S3UX167XIP98247188519c~Z5Z5Z5~Z5Z5Z50001003a

98truck

https://openforum.hetclub.org/discussion/comment/253925#Comment_253925

https://openforum.hetclub.org/discussion/368678/steering-box-oil

Val

I use Lucas Oil Treatment

Toddh

I use the semi-fluid stuff from the Studebaker club:

https://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb.dll?parta~dyndetail~Z5Z5Z50001003a~Z5Z5Z5AAHBE~P24.50~~~~S4YQ1EMJIQ66133118380l~Z5Z5Z5~Z5Z5Z50001003a