Steering clamps - grease?

[mdkuni]

I am replacing all 4 of the black plastic steering "clamps" on my Apex. I see no signs of grease at all. Should these be greased where they make contact with the steering post?

Number 18 on the picture.

 

[rosco]

I don't see any grease nipple for future greasing so I would say put them in dry. If you hand grease them now on install, the grease will eventualy dry up and harden causing stiffness and you would have to disassemble to clean out and re grease. With the bushings being plastic on the metal shaft you should be fine. If they were a metal bushing on metal shaft then greasing would be maditory.

 

[mdkuni]

I don't see any grease nipple for future greasing so I would say put them in dry. If you hand grease them now on install, the grease will eventualy dry up and harden causing stiffness and you would have to disassemble to clean out and re grease. With the bushings being plastic on the metal shaft you should be fine. If they were a metal bushing on metal shaft then greasing would be maditory.

That works for me. Thanks for the advice rosco.

 

[Srxspec]

Drill into the center of the plate that holds it all together as well as the bushing and then install a small grease zerk. Then you will be able to continually grease it.

 

[BlueStroke]

The shop manual show them being greased with
Esso Beacn 325 or Aeroshell # 7A

 

[turbine man]

grease

took mine all apart all the grease was allmost dried up cleaned them up and installed antiseize grease on them hope that works, sick of stickly steering Jeff

 

[LJ 452]

Anyone diving in to this project may also want to shave the blocks down a touch to tighten things up a bit. Where the two halves of the bushing touch, if you file them down just a little it will snug everthing up to like new. Also you may have to shorten the metal sleaves as well but it beats buying new ones every year.