Subject: grease rack when replacing boot? '88 5kcstq

[Kneale Brownson]

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At 04:25 PM 01/13/2002 +0000, Christopher Ritchie wrote:

>Ken wrote:
>
>I'm replacing the boot on the rack I'm putting into my '88
>5kcstq.
>The Bentley says to lubricate the center bushing/o-ring, using
>"gear grease".  This reads different to me than "bearing
>grease",
>which is all I see in the local stores.  The only thing they
>have that
>is labeled for gears, is "gear oil".
>
>Should I look for a specific type of grease, or is it okay to
>use the
>"disc brake, wheel bearing grease" I have already?  I don't want
>to
>use something incompatible with what's already there, and I
>don't
>want it to eat the boot either.  I heard that WD-40, for
>example, will
>eat the boot.
>
>The old boot on the rack I'm replacing looks pretty bad in the
>middle, all chewed up and kinda disintegrated.  It is much worse
>than an on-the-car inspection would have indicated.  Both racks
>are
>ZF remanufactured units.
>
>I'd like to lube it while it's out.  What kind of grease should
>I use?
>
>
>I don't know.  But I think it was Phil Payne who once posted that some Audi
>technical manual stated that grease should never be used on anything rubber
>in an Audi.
>
>How about Pentosin?  It's usually safe to use the fluid that the rubber will
>be exposed to in use.  It should be designed for that.
If everything on the rack is OK, Pentosin should NOT reach the boot, should it?
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