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Originally Posted by smokeonthewater
My suggestion is get the nut and then use oil instead of grease...
Grease is basically oil plus soap.... The oil comes out of the soap in time and dirt gets trapped and things get sticky... Oil only doesn't get sticky.
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You're correct on grease hardening over time IF it's an automotive type of grease like wheel bearing or chassis grease. The manufacturers of boat steering cables recommend a waterproof marine lithium-based grease to lubricate marine steering cables. Some boat repair mechanics use a Molybdenum grease such as Sta-Lube Extreme Pressure Moly-Graph Multi-purpose grease. Part SL3141
As far as oil goes, it's almost impossible to inject oil into a zerk fitting, however here's a workaround that I found on the Steersman web-site that does the trick.
http://www.steersman.com/html/oil.html
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