is there an acceptable oil other than harley primary oil too use in the primary ? i dont know what weight ...brand to buy. like to be able to just use something from autozone or walmart.

 

autozone or walmart? for 1 quart ? sorry no help here. I use HD oil. makes my cluches relese better.

 

its a simple question...if your not going to "help" why did you reply on here? go use your hd oil. im asking a question about different alternatives.

 

I switched to ATF. I posted up my results in the Dyna forum. The difference between ATF and the Harley transmission/primary fluid I WAS using is pretty drastic. Clutch engagement greatly improved, the first morning "clunk" vanished and because the clutch is functioning so much better, the tranny shifts allot smoother. Thats all I can say about that. I switched to ATF and I'm extremely happy. Unknown to me, a huge number of members already put ATF in the primary, but I'm always late to the game.

 

hey thanks for that bikerlaw...is there any particular brand? im going to give it a shot.

 

Post a picture of your primary so we can tell you what kind of oil to use. Or if that is too difficult you could go to the oil forum and read about primary oil until you're too old to ride.

 

Any Type F ATF will work just fine... buy it anywhere you want.

 

I have quite a few Harley's, including a 1996 WideGlide, and for years I've used regular Rotella T 15W40 in the primaries...

Costs all of about $2.50 a quart, and works perfectly.

Also (a verified by the below email) Rotella T has a JASO-MA rating, which means it does not contain a high moly PPM count which could cause problems when used in wet clutch applications;

"We recently ran the JASO MA friction test on Rotella T with Triple Protection 15W-40, Rotella T Synthetic 5W-40 (CI-4) and our Rotella T Synthetic 5W-40 CJ-4.
All three oils passed the wet clutch friction test. Rotella T Synthetic 5W-40 (CI-4) has more than 1.2% ash (JASO MA spec limit) so it can not be classified as JASO MA. However, Rotella T with Triple Protection 15W-40 and our soon to be introduced Rotella T Synthetic 5W-40 CJ-4 do meet JASO MA.

If you have any additional questions please call us at 800-231-6950.
Thank you for your interest in Shell products.

Richard Moore
Staff Engineer

Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc.
Westhollow Technology Center
PO Box 4327
Houston, TX 77210
United States of America"

 

I used Mobil 1 Truck & SUV 5-40 for years. Worked great.

 

thanks guys...and to othersheep. ill post a picture of my primary and ill draw a big red arrow pointing to it so youll know what it is. since your to embarrassed to just come out and ask where its located.