Looking for tips on a DIY 1K service
Joe,
Do you use the same oil in the primary chaincase lubrication as the tranny. Seems like 75/90 gear oil is what I find recommended on the oil forum. I have a 2008 Street Bob and want to do most of the 1000 mile service myself.
Your bikes always look so classic bobber, very cool.
I will keep the punch trick in mind when I take the derby cover off.
Thanks.
Do you use the same oil in the primary chaincase lubrication as the tranny. Seems like 75/90 gear oil is what I find recommended on the oil forum. I have a 2008 Street Bob and want to do most of the 1000 mile service myself.
Your bikes always look so classic bobber, very cool.
I will keep the punch trick in mind when I take the derby cover off.
Thanks.
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Oil Flush...
I'm getting ready to do my 1000 mile service also. I'm going with synthetic oil. Is there any problem with doing a wet change and going to synthetic, and having the amount of regular oil left in there after the draining in with the syn? Or do I need to do something extra to get that 1/2qt out of there?
Hate to even mention the word CORS in this thread (considering how it spun out on the other forum/thread), but we talked about oil flush systems over on "1K DIY" in the General Forum
Note that I haven't tested either of these systems so my info is entirely anecdotal, but Scavenger's website has several video clips that make the process a bit clearer.
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changed oil in all 3 holes last weekend. One thing I wish I woulda had is a socket type oil filter wrench. Was hoping the strap wrenches I use on the cars was going to work. I could'nt quite fit them in there. Ended up grabbing the end of the filter with my custom "big azz channel loc" oil filter wrench. It was ugly but it worked.
A second set of hands comes in real handy for alot of different reasons if you're doing the full 1k.
A second set of hands comes in real handy for alot of different reasons if you're doing the full 1k.
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