Early on in the ownership of my 38 I filled the steering box with John Deere Cornhead Grease and added a bit of Lucas Oil Stabilizer. It has been very easy to steer over the years. Since it's been that way for me since day one I never questioned the mix in the steering box. The steering of my 53 has been significantly harder. I had the shop R&Ring the PG for rebuild top the box off with JDCG while they had it but never noticed an improvement in steering effort. I wrote it up to wider than stock tires and forgot about it, that's just the way it is. Today I inspected the lube level and decided it could stand a bit more so I added enough Lucas to bring it up to the bottom of the fill hole (I'm guessing maybe 2oz. more or less). I am amazed at the difference in effort it makes. Not quite as easy as my 38 but the tires have twice or more the contact patch of the 38 so that's to be expected. I just got home from a pleasure drive and I'm gobsmacked at the difference. Those of you who feel your steering effort is too high might try topping your box off with Lucas or equivalent and see if it helps.
Last edited by Tiny; 05/26/23 03:50 PM.
