Service manual-Primary Lube ?
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RE: Service manual-Primary Lube ?
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I think 38oz. is capacity. I don't think you can get all 38 oz. out just draining. If you had to remove the primary cover for any reason then you would need the full 38 oz.
I think 38oz. is capacity. I don't think you can get all 38 oz. out just draining. If you had to remove the primary cover for any reason then you would need the full 38 oz.
Takes about 32 oz when you change it.
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RE: Service manual-Primary Lube ?
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BINGO!
Takes about 32 oz when you change it.
ORIGINAL: SG 1
I think 38oz. is capacity. I don't think you can get all 38 oz. out just draining. If you had to remove the primary cover for any reason then you would need the full 38 oz.
I think 38oz. is capacity. I don't think you can get all 38 oz. out just draining. If you had to remove the primary cover for any reason then you would need the full 38 oz.
Takes about 32 oz when you change it.
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RE: Service manual-Primary Lube ?
0688"owners manual says drain and fill with 32oz. primary oil, and
warns against overfilling. Why is there a debate over this,didn't
anyone get a simple owners manual with their 20K bike?
Could be the 96" primary holds more oil then the 88", not owning one,
I wouldn't know.
warns against overfilling. Why is there a debate over this,didn't
anyone get a simple owners manual with their 20K bike?
Could be the 96" primary holds more oil then the 88", not owning one,
I wouldn't know.
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From: Livingston, Texas
RE: Service manual-Primary Lube ?
All you got to do is look at the measurements on the side of the bottle. Put 1 quart in with a funnel and put 6 oz out of another bottle. Look at the bottom of the primary there is a circle cut out so the oil can go in easier.
I don't understand if the manual says to put 38 oz in that you would want to put less in. The level comes up to about the bottom of the clutch pack. The primary oil lubricated the primary chain, the tensioner, the clutch pack and sprockets etc.
Put the bike on a jack and make it level but so you can git the drain plug out. Take the derby cover off and look inside at the oil level.
I don't understand if the manual says to put 38 oz in that you would want to put less in. The level comes up to about the bottom of the clutch pack. The primary oil lubricated the primary chain, the tensioner, the clutch pack and sprockets etc.
Put the bike on a jack and make it level but so you can git the drain plug out. Take the derby cover off and look inside at the oil level.
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From: Desert Aire, Washington
RE: Service manual-Primary Lube ?
Just did this on Sunday. It took 38oz just like the manual says. 45oz for a dry fill---ie--if you take the primary cover off and remove the clutch.
Tim
Tim
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RE: Service manual-Primary Lube ?
One thing I would add to this is not to do it in the order that the manual says. First remove the derby cover, THEN the drain plug. That ensures that you don't drain the primary and then have trouble getting the derby cover off. This results in a primary with no oil and no way to easily fill it back up. Ask me how I know this??? :-)
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