Iltis steering rack/pinion lubricant M-7866 replacement

[Stuart Fedak]

What is the current replacement for the Iltis steering rack/pinion lubricant? The manual calls for M-7866 specification. This is NLA, and cross references to SAE-AMS-M-7866. What commercial off the shelf product would be recommended for this purpose?

Cheers!
Stuart

[Wout Jansen]

Hi Stuart, look at the site of Molykote.com.

Maybe these people can help you further.
Its a Molybdenum disulfide grease.

Gr. Wout Jansen

[Wout Jansen]

Stuart,

look at this site.

http://www.milspecoilsandlubes.com/m...e_oils_etc.asp


Greatings, Wout Jansen

[David Dunlop]

Stuart.

I'd suggest you give Rob Love a call on this issue, but he'd probably recommend 'Thermite'.

David

[rob love]

It looks to me like it has been covered in the first couple posts of this thread.
As Stuart notes, the original spec was replaced with SAE-AMS-M-7866 and it is a molybdenum disulphide lubricant. A search for lubricants that meet that specification will get you several hits. One of the NSNs appears to be 6810-00-816-1025 and that as well could lead to several hits.

Here is a (expensive) example of one source: http://www.skygeek.com/molykote-z-po...der-283gm.html
Below would be a good source at a reasonable price. Where else but ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-LB-MIL-M-7...-/252042122222