| : WHERE TO YOU FIND 600W GEAR LUBE? Hi Bud,
At Vintage Ford Center, we now stock a Lubriplate product that I have found very effective in vintage race cars as well as stocking the 600W. These are cars that call for the heavy oils of yesterday. In talking to Lubriplate I learned that 600 is not a viscosity rating it is a trade name thing used by Mobil. 600, 600W and Super600 where all in the book which this gentleman was reading from. 600 was a pure mineral oil (equivalent to SAE 140W) and the others were compounded oils. 600 with stuff added to it. The 600w sold today is a compounded oil. It is the equivalent of SAE 250W. Lubriplate makes an equivalent that they call SRO 288. Based on experience and the lubriplate input our recommendation is to use 600W or equivalent in the steering box. No high speed movement or high heat there. When you first assemble a differential or transmission, you can use SAE 140W such as Lubriplates SRO 277 (not a multi grade) for about 1000 miles. It flows better for the first minutes of use and will not leak until things shake loose a bit. Then you can use the SAE 250W equivalent. Why Lubriplate well first they develop products for all types of gear boxes many of which use the same principles of deign as years ago. Automotive transmissions have changed alot others have not. Second, when I worked in the field for IBM, computer printers and such used gears (they were steel) and other things that needed lubrication and IBM used Lubriplate because of their quality standards. They are ISO 9000 certified.
We use lubriplate but I don't see a problem with the 600W so we feel you should decide.
Ray c
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