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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 09:10 PM
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Don't know what the f@#$ I was thinking parts guy told me to put tranny fluid in the primary drive been trying to figure out why it was slipping at higher rpms no matter how I adjusted it? What can I do?
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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run it till its hot, drain it and fill it with the regular stuff, should be simple enough, make sure ya get through all the gears before ya park it to drain it.


i'm not the best wrench in the world but i would be concernd that the fluid is not your problem but your clutch is F#$KED up, ya might wanna pull off the primary and look at the plates
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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I kind of freaked out last night. been talking to some other people and it seems that I still don't have this thing adjusted right. I think I've got the throw out tightened up too much.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 03:05 PM
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the fsn is pretty straight forward on how to adjust the clutch,do you have one? one more thing i have had slipping trouble when i had the primary over filled also
 

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