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gearbox oil
Posted: 24 Feb 2016, 11:50
by chris1971
i have been using the silkoline lite gearbox oil and not had any problems . only thing i get is a dragging clutch when cold . was thinking about using fully synthetic ATF as o lot of the motocross boys are using it . they say its thinner and puts less stress on gthe clutch etc . would ATF be ok in my mk2 crm . i use it once a week just now and its used hard off road
Re: gearbox oil
Posted: 24 Feb 2016, 23:04
by andrew19
I believe many CRM owners use ATF - I do but can't remember whether it was fully synthetic!
Check in FAQs there are many useful topics.
This one is for oils:
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8617
Re: gearbox oil
Posted: 25 Feb 2016, 19:21
by chris1971
cheers bud . keep forgeting about the FAQ's lol
Re: gearbox oil
Posted: 25 Feb 2016, 22:01
by gregorious77
Re: gearbox oil
Posted: 28 Feb 2016, 14:51
by jompy
Someone quote me if I'm wrong but when I changed to fully synthetic oil for the gearbox I also put new etc clutch plates in & I got clutch slip , looking back on that and having the same problem when changing to fully synthetic on an R1 I blamed the EBC plates BUT I think it was the steels that go between the friction plates were worn and this was made worse by the fully synthetic oil , I on this rebuild I've also bought new springs .
Basically try the fully synthetic oil & if you have problems you know a probable cause , I use a decent semi synthetic gearbox oil I get from leisure trail and will change it regularly
Re: gearbox oil
Posted: 28 Feb 2016, 17:27
by fallenmikethebike
jompy wrote:Someone quote me if I'm wrong but when I changed to fully synthetic oil for the gearbox I also put new etc clutch plates in & I got clutch slip , looking back on that and having the same problem when changing to fully synthetic on an R1 I blamed the EBC plates BUT I think it was the steels that go between the friction plates were worn and this was made worse by the fully synthetic oil , I on this rebuild I've also bought new springs .
Basically try the fully synthetic oil & if you have problems you know a probable cause , I use a decent semi synthetic gearbox oil I get from leisure trail and will change it regularly
+1, the additives that give the protection,can coat the plates and make them slip, though not as much as my mate when he put filter oil in the gearbox
Mike
Re: gearbox oil
Posted: 28 Feb 2016, 20:33
by warloks
i use ATF had no problems