jim beam wrote:

> the old grease should be fine. do /not/ use vaseline - it's petroleum
> based.

Egad! It might mix with the hydraulic oil (power steering fluid)...
which is also petroleum based. If rack seals were inherently
intolerant to petroleum, they would never last in P/S fluid either.
Vaseline can be used much the same way it has been used forever in
automatic trans rebuilds. It's not necessary if you are careful with
the end seals or use a cone installation tool, but certainly OK. It
melts away at low temps and dissipates in the system much better and
safer than a run-of-the-mill bearing type grease.

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