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Wich and how many gearbox oil??
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:12 am
by KR-1S
In the manual they write 10w-30 /is that normal 4stroke oil??Or special tranmission oil?The oil that is avaible in my city-shop is MOTUL Gear300 SAE75W90 or Castrol MTXSAE75W140.Can i use this and how many can i fill in when its totaly empty??
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 2:36 pm
by rc46
Ask your local shop for some LIGHT WEIGHT GEAR OIL tell them its for a 2 stroke, silkolene do a nice one...
With the gear box completely empty its 850ml BUT youll probally find that a gear oil change is 750 to 800ml thats all...
Measure what you take out... if the bikes been looked after and there is no gear box leaks youll get 750 - 800 ml out...
Cheers
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 7:14 pm
by mr_bungholeo
n dont bother looking at the sight glass on the side...you'd b better off using telepethy than that bit of glass!!!
as rc says.....measure it(n i use putoline light gear oil too..70w)
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 5:43 pm
by rc46
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 7:14 pm
by mr_bungholeo
hmmm...looks too slippery.....would it affect the clutch?
seems car orientated???
just a thought.....but if it works..let me know!
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 7:22 pm
by rc46
My mates testing it at the momment in the RGV500, it looks like caremel sause, smells F&CKING awful but is rated by alot of the guys in the US and most of the RG5 guys here use it...
Ill run it after he's used it for a few track days!!! but so far so good, eveyone rekons you can fell the diffrence but cant see how....!!!!
@ £15 a ltr it isnt cheap!
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:50 pm
by Cliff
For the gearbox i use Castrol GTX, seems ok to me.
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:20 pm
by Bikemike
I use Castrol gp 4 stroke motorbike oil, left over from when I had a diesel.
Correct rating and, unlike car oil, is designed for wet clutches.
( it is also I nice red colour making it easier to spot leaks)
Mike