What Primary Oil is your Choice
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What Primary Oil is your Choice
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| HD primary oil #99887-84 (old style) |
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| Syn 3 |
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| Amsoil |
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| Bel ray |
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| Rev tech |
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| Dyna cycle |
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| Redline |
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| Mobil 1 |
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| Doesn't matter |
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| other |
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Total Votes : 1180
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(last vote on : 5/20/2008 3:04:14 PM)
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What Primary Oil is your Choice - 8/10/2005 1:13:53 PM
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HDF Tech
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What oil WILL you be running (your preference), and not just what's in there now from the last service, possibly from the dealer service.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 8/11/2005 10:20:11 AM
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jcc/tx
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Any 10/40 or 20/50 will do as, I'm sure. would ATS.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 8/11/2005 8:50:18 PM
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jcc/tx
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>>>would ATS. Do you mean ATF? If so, that will also work, I believe Skip uses it in the primary. I prefer an oil instead myself JMO
Yea; just messed up??????????
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 8/12/2005 11:09:04 PM
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wvrider
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What is the best weight oil to use in the primary?
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 9/15/2005 4:21:05 PM
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huffhuff
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I use ATF due to the best compatibility with clutch discs. anything will work though. lubrication and cooling of the clutch housing is job of the fluid and most any will do that.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 10/10/2005 1:40:42 AM
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HarleyWood
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TC...
whats your opinion on synthetic ATF...is it worth the $$$...for use in the primary?
Thanks
Denny
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 12/11/2005 9:57:30 PM
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roaddog
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TC,
Now that Harley is not longer selling their primary fluid what you going with? You going to use their new stuff or switch over to a regular motor oil. Did my other two fluids ( Mobil 1 15-50) Crank and (Mobil 75-90) Tranny. Still up in the air on the primary.
Could not find any HD primary fluid at dealer. Local stores also did not have any of the listed items used by members here. Would standard Mobil 10w- 40 be a good choice?
Or should I stick with a syn like Mobil 1 15-50.
Thanks for all you add to the forum.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 1/3/2006 8:58:31 PM
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west467
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20/50 V-Twin Amsoil, Primary,and Crankcase. Amsoil Severe Gear Oil in transmission. Mobil1 V-Twin 20/50, and Mobil1 Gear oil would be my second choice.
My two cents.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 1/25/2006 8:09:34 AM
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Bruce00
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Didn't the MOCO have a recall on the syn in the primary?
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 2/23/2006 10:38:41 PM
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OneBlackFly
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What is the part number for the HD Primary Oil in the poll? Thanks. Is it the Formula+?
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 3/6/2006 3:17:17 PM
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OneBlackFly
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For those of you who picked Mobil 1 in the primary, pls PM me with which Mobil 1 you use, 20W50 or 10W40. Thanks.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 3/21/2006 1:15:30 PM
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turbo54
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I use Rev Tech not because it says use in Harly davidson, It's all she knows.2000 RG tricked out .
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 4/5/2006 3:11:55 PM
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OneBlackFly
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quote:
ORIGINAL: evo springer
Didn't the MOCO have a recall on the syn in the primary?
i don't know if they did or not but tc said they no longer recommend it for the tranny and after reading all of the posts i think i'm gonna go with mobil 1 v-twin 20w/50 in motor mobil 75/90 gear oil in tranny and just plain ol mobil 10/40 in primary and maybe my bike will actually shift a little nicer?? and truly be protected i should have known better than to listen to the stealer..lol
When you say plain ol Mobil 1 10/40, is this the Mobil 1 MX4T motorcycle oil? It is used by many metrics with the crank/wet clutch together. If not MX4T, which Mobil 1 10/40? Thanks.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 4/6/2006 9:52:28 PM
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OldFenderGuy
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What do you guys think of using Rotella T 15W-40 non-synthetic in the primary?
Friend of mine gave me a case of Rotella, and I'd hate to see it go to waste.
BTW, I run Mobil V-Twin 20W-50 in the crank and Mobil 75W-90 in the tranny.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 4/8/2006 10:09:58 AM
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a21m
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I just switched to shell rotella t 15w40 in the crankcase and primary. no problems that i can tell. everything seems to work fine. i put belray in the trans, but will probably switch to a 75w90 next fluid change.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 5/19/2006 10:07:23 AM
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Spectrexx
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I use whatever is on sale at Walmart or Autozone. 10W-40 works fine for me in temps of 10 deg. to 90 deg. F.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 6/5/2006 7:22:02 PM
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1FLTRI4ME
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Where do you buy the M1 V-twin oil at?
I think I would use a 4-stroke motorcycle oil that can be used with a clutch in the primary.I have some Motul 20-50,think Ill give that a try.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 6/5/2006 11:16:31 PM
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goodbirds
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Switched from Syn3 to HD Formula+ in the transmission and primary chain case. First impression is that the tranny shifts smoother/easier. This on recommendation from Zion's ace tech with 28 years experience. The occasion of the oil change was a leak around the shifter shaft and replacing all seals while we were in there. Is it possible the systhetic damaged the seals? Just wondering. The Ultra has 40,000 on it, always maintained by HD.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 6/26/2006 9:31:31 PM
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55Bubba
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While we're talking oil, I'm having a wrist pin put in my rear cylinder. My mechanic swears it's because the previous owner and therefore on the PO's recommendation, I ran Castrol 20w50 . He says regular oil is not made to put up with the heat especially here in the south. The previous owner had a crate engine put in 20k ago because it developed a wrist pin problem and the dealer forgot to put the keeper in when he rebuilt the top ends. Two engines, two wrist pins. Now understand the previous owner changes religously at 2500 miles, uses Fram filters and never fails to keep up with maintennance. His other bike 97 RK has 170k on it and still running strong.
Did the auto oil cause the wrist pin problems? I dunno, but I know when I get it back, if there ain't synthetic in the crankcase, there soon will be. Probably Mobil1 V Twin and Mobil 1 75-90 in the tranny. Not sure what in the primary, maybe HD formula +
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 7/3/2006 11:17:18 AM
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skulboy
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i've been using mobil 1 atf, no clutch drag or slip, haven't had to adjust the clutch outta necessaty, just regular intervals. also noticed less shavings on the magnet!
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 8/10/2006 8:14:35 PM
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Honus
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Chevron Delo, Shell Rotella and Mobil Delvac 15W-40s wook great in the primary.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 9/11/2006 9:41:34 PM
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I use the formula + but I also have the older primary oil which was discontinued .
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 9/28/2006 5:37:11 PM
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FLSTC
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AMSOIL 20W50, no problems yet
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 11/14/2006 6:53:57 PM
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Bryan1724
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I voted other. When i bought my bike it had regular HD primary oil in it. I switched to Lucas 20/50 and that was a nice improvement but............ Last week (4,000 miles later) i drained the Lucas out and put a quart of B&M trick shift ATF in, WOW! what a difference. Give it a try on the next oil change, you'll be surprised at the results. It's all good. 
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 11/14/2006 7:48:25 PM
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Chief101
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Bryan.....whats your ride?
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 11/14/2006 8:12:00 PM
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Bryan1724
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quote:
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Bryan.....whats your ride?
99 RoadGlide FI just turned 44,000 miles on it this past Sat. Bought it in May of this year and it had 40,000 on it.
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RE: What Primary Oil is your Choice - 11/23/2006 5:11:34 PM
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clueless
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I am at my 1000 mile first service on my 2007 fat boy. I am going with all Syn3. its easier to use the same fluid in all three. (engine, primary chain case, and transmission)
I have not ready any comparisons yet between Syn3 and standard heavy duty Gear Oils traditionally used. But wanted to quiet down the 5th gear by going Synthetic. Not sure what ships with 2007 HD bikes from the factory? anyone know if its Syn3 or some special Break-IN oil?
heres a marketing blurb by Amasol but the charts are interesting at the bottom section of the webpage: http://oilhelp.com/motorcycle/harleyvsamsoil/harleyvsamsoil.htm
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