Final drive fluid/ gear oil or 10w-40?

rpm9001 · Post by **rpm9001** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:04 pm

What do you guys use? I drained mine and it was gear oil , looked in the book and it says 10w-40 I will do what the book says, but It was 100%gear oil that I drained. super thick and no mistaken the smell. What do you guys use?

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:22 pm

i guess its what U prefer.....i always use 80/90wt in mine.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:55 pm

thats to thick. it will slow you down. allot of people put thicker s*** in there thinking its what belongs since its gears. how ever 10w30 or 10w40 is what you should put in there.

I talked to a guy at honda about it.

No_Stopping_A_Spree · Post by **No_Stopping_A_Spree** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:00 pm

Dac wrote:thats to thick. it will slow you down. allot of people put thicker s*** in there thinking its what belongs since its gears. how ever 10w30 or 10w40 is what you should put in there.

I talked to a guy at honda about it.

I concure [agree]

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:33 pm

true....i agree dac, i have read the manuals on what oil to put im there, its just my prefrence on what oil to put in there. I think being that they r gears.....put gear oil in there. but hey.....what do i know?! lol

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:37 pm

Stock engines 10-30, 10-40, or plain 30
Upgraded motors should run gear lube IMO because its working hard enough that it will heat up and not slow you down.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:42 pm

that is true.

i can only imagen 90 in there mid winter. Motor revs all the way but the scooter just cant get moving. even on stand. lol

rpm9001 · Post by **rpm9001** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:04 pm

Filled it with 10w-40 It had gear lube in there, It drained super slow. I filled and dumped it 3 times with warm 10w 40 till it was clear oil.

DrZ34 · Post by **DrZ34** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:42 pm

3 words Royal Purple Gear Oil

ok that was 4
but just use it those gears work to hard to use motor oil,
gear oil has ep additives (extreme pressure), which is usually a sulfur/zinc/moly mishmash, hense the * smell of non syn. gear oil

oh and no sludge of death when its cold outside

MichiganEd · Post by **MichiganEd** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:45 am

I always do what the manufacture says!!!!!!!!!! I really believe the engineers know alot more than I do......AMEN.

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:18 pm

yea, for stock bikes, and yes.....they probably do.

MichiganEd · Post by **MichiganEd** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:49 am

His scoot is stock......................so do what the manufacturer sez to do. Seems pretty simple to me.

rpm9001 · Post by **rpm9001** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:00 pm

I agree... if gear lube was better, Honda would of used it.

55bore · Post by **55bore** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:38 am

We used to call stock oil fish-oil, because in the 80s, the oil smelled fishy and was only good for break-ins.

Even if your bike is stock, treat it to some synthetic multi-weight gear oil. Use the same thing that dirt bike guys use in your area.

If you're running a performance moped, then break in with regular gear oil and then go synthetic. Good synthetics have 3x the shear strength of natural petroleum oils = less friction, less wear, better performance and longer life.

You don't have to change gear oil very often, so it's worth the few extra bucks.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:49 pm

ok, im kinda mid-break in on my 96 elite. ( new bore, new gears) As of right now im running 10w 40.
So your saying that when im done i should switch synthetic, what thickness?