Transmission Lube
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Transmission Lube
Any one useing amsoil sythetic Gear lube SAE 80W-90 in the tranny. I no alot of people use the the 75w-90. But not sure about the 80-90 my local dealer has it in stock.
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RE: Transmission Lube
I started using Redline Shockproof in mine. It went from an farm truck sounding tranny, to something I,m not ashamed to ride. Bought it by the case,at MYoilshop.com and sold some of it to local fellow riders. LOL Dan
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RE: Transmission Lube
ORIGINAL: Retired_Ted
Red Line heavy shockproof for me too - change it every 20K or once a year. ATF in the primary. Your clutch will love it.
Red Line heavy shockproof for me too - change it every 20K or once a year. ATF in the primary. Your clutch will love it.
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Mike
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RE: Transmission Lube
This will be an interesting topic for me to watch .... should have the motor rebuilt this week and I was about to put Amsoil 20w -50 into the motor, gearbox and primary drive .... hold the phone!! ....ATF???? as in automatic transmission fluid?
Sounds interesting....this is probably the first time in 32 years of riding that I've seriously considered what lubricants I put into the bikes... I've always gone along with what the shop put in, I don't trust em anymore lol , it's all about what brand they make the most money on (naturally, everyone has a right to make a dollar!).
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Sounds interesting....this is probably the first time in 32 years of riding that I've seriously considered what lubricants I put into the bikes... I've always gone along with what the shop put in, I don't trust em anymore lol , it's all about what brand they make the most money on (naturally, everyone has a right to make a dollar!).
Some of my choices in life are changing for the better
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RE: Transmission Lube
Been using Amsoil 75W-90 Severe Gear for 4 yrs now,the trans shifts great.
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RE: Transmission Lube
ATF is basically highly refined oil along with modifiers that make transmissions run really well - I have tried many different lubricants in the primary trying to find an oil that had low enough viscosity to help prevent the sharp SNAP when when putting the bike into first gear when the engine's cold. Even 10W-40 is too thick at colder temps to prevent the snap. A customer stopped by the shop who does all MD police bike service and uses ATF exclusively in all primaries. Clutches hold up much better than with any other fluid he's ever used and has been using ATF for many years now, so he said. Since the primary simply lubricates the primary chain and helps keep the clutch cool along with some scrubbing on the fiber plates, ATF is a good choice. Perhaps I'll change my mind after something better comes up, but for now, I use ATF. The snap is gone.
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RE: Transmission Lube
A lot of the newer 4 wheel drive vehicles use transmission fluid in the transfer cases.All thats in a TC is a chain,gears and clutches.See no problem with using it in the primary.
RE: Transmission Lube
ORIGINAL: debay
Any one useing amsoil sythetic Gear lube SAE 80W-90 in the tranny. I no alot of people use the the 75w-90. But not sure about the 80-90 my local dealer has it in stock.
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Any one useing amsoil sythetic Gear lube SAE 80W-90 in the tranny. I no alot of people use the the 75w-90. But not sure about the 80-90 my local dealer has it in stock.
[IMG]local://upfiles/19981/02F53FD95C3F4B0CA37659ECACB0DDCD.jpg[/IMG]
shifts great with easy
hear a lot of good things about redline and i might try it on next oil change
you will be fine with amsoil
shawn
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