Bearing SKATE????
#22
09-30-2006, 02:34 AM
RE: Bearing SKATE????
ORIGINAL: abjones
Bearing skate? I have heard the synthetic oils are so slik that a roller bearing will skate or slide on shafts instead of roll in the cage, resulting in flat spots on the bearings and damage to shaft ends. I want to get as much life out of my engine as possible, since the harley engine is cramed full of roller bearings. I am not sure i should keep running the the synthetic. Amsoil 20/50 in primary and engine, Amsoil 75/90 in trans. Hope some of you wrenches out there have some good information on this subject.
ABJ
Bearing skate? I have heard the synthetic oils are so slik that a roller bearing will skate or slide on shafts instead of roll in the cage, resulting in flat spots on the bearings and damage to shaft ends. I want to get as much life out of my engine as possible, since the harley engine is cramed full of roller bearings. I am not sure i should keep running the the synthetic. Amsoil 20/50 in primary and engine, Amsoil 75/90 in trans. Hope some of you wrenches out there have some good information on this subject.
ABJ
I run Mobile V-Twin in the engine and primary. Mobile Synthetic 75/90 in the trans.
#24
06-23-2014, 04:29 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
I am reviving this thread, because it is the only one I found on a search for "bearing skate".
I would like to switch to an Indy, and I called a local one. I asked him if he could use Mobil 1, which I used for my last oil change. He said he didn't recommend it, it is too slippery and causes bearing skate, and I should use Amsoil in all 3 holes.
Is he full of it?
I would like to switch to an Indy, and I called a local one. I asked him if he could use Mobil 1, which I used for my last oil change. He said he didn't recommend it, it is too slippery and causes bearing skate, and I should use Amsoil in all 3 holes.
Is he full of it?
Last edited by Ron750; 06-23-2014 at 04:33 PM.
#25
06-23-2014, 04:55 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
Yes he is! RUN!!!
Just yesterday I had an indie telling me syn would make all my seals leak cause it is too slick.
Just yesterday I had an indie telling me syn would make all my seals leak cause it is too slick.
#27
06-24-2014, 02:02 PM
Run run run
I am reviving this thread, because it is the only one I found on a search for "bearing skate".
I would like to switch to an Indy, and I called a local one. I asked him if he could use Mobil 1, which I used for my last oil change. He said he didn't recommend it, it is too slippery and causes bearing skate, and I should use Amsoil in all 3 holes.
Is he full of it?
I would like to switch to an Indy, and I called a local one. I asked him if he could use Mobil 1, which I used for my last oil change. He said he didn't recommend it, it is too slippery and causes bearing skate, and I should use Amsoil in all 3 holes.
Is he full of it?
#28
06-24-2014, 04:19 PM
Did you bother to read the old posts in this old thread?
The question had already been answered.
The question had already been answered.
#29
06-24-2014, 04:55 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
Some guys bitch if you revive a thread, and others bitch if you don't do a search. I don't feel bad about reviving this thread at all.
#30
06-24-2014, 06:53 PM
The thread was dead, with good reason.
You said you revived this thread because you only got one hit when he googled bearing skate?
Try Harley bearing skate, about a zillion threads already out there, and they all come to the same conclusion.
This is just about the most beat to death myth on any Harley forum.
Last edited by Dan89FLSTC; 06-24-2014 at 07:55 PM.
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