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good morning, I have the gearbox (63,000 miles) of my noisy 6-speed softail, what oil do you suggest? and for the primary one the original one is the same as water.
thank!!
What's best for one isn't for the other. The Spectro Heavy Duty Primary Chaincase Oil is slightly thinner than F+. I prefer to thin it down more with B&M TrickShift conventional for better hookup that you may or may not like.
Formula + in both primary and gearbox. It is a straight 50 weight gear oil with no detergents or EP additivies. From a engineering standpoint, you do not want detergent in a non filter box. No EP for a wet clutch.
Your gearbox has a inner input shaft running inside the output shaft. It has a double row of small needle bearings .
Do not fall for thicker is better or try to quitten the primary or transmission. It's the nature of the beast.
Last edited by Jackie Paper; Jun 22, 2020 at 04:20 PM.
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