Final Drive Fluid....

[beemerdons]

Hey guys, I am riding down to Scammon's Lagoon in Baja soon and can bring back the real factory **** from the whales wintering in Mexico! How many liters should I bring back?

Don, it's rude for you to be talking with your mouth full.

Wheaton, are you looking a gift horse in the mouth as it were??

Much better than Burros!

 

[HotRodZilla]

Friction makes heat. Reduce the friction, reduce the heat. Measure the heat with one of those fancy electronic thermometer gun thingies, or even use a sacrificial meat thermometer and stick it right in the rear drive oil itself- careful, you'll probably force a teaspoon or so of oil out as you insert the meat thermometer into the fill hole. Just be sure to repeat that temperature test in the same manner each time. (Same weather conditions, riding/route/speed conditions, etc.)

Thanks Steve...The question was rhetorical. I know how to measure heat, and I know what friction does. I spent most of the first 30 years of my life in my dad's machine shop.

I do however have an issue with your last sentence:"Just be sure to repeat that temperature test in the same manner each time. (Same weather conditions, riding/route/speed conditions, etc.)" because you are exactly right. Either way I guess...

Rectal thermometer???? I"m still stunned when I read **** like this. Talk about anal.

I bought 2 gallons of store branded cow piss 9 years ago ( Valvoline 80 90 gear Lube) and my v star 1100 did 200 K and never blew up.

I have possibly 2 more changes in the feeger and I assure you, This **** is going back in again.

When the hell are people gonna get it that spending big money on horse **** is ********?

RoyalPurple, Pink Cow ****, Mobile 1, and all that fancy **** is to me a colossal waste of cash. an it's proven it's self out here half a million times here on this forum let alone countless others.

But then again if yer dumb enough to fall for the targeted add's I suppose you've more money than brains and should spend excessive amounts for the cool kid ****.

I'm with you here Bust...I don't get it either. Granted, I use the Mobile1 synthetic gear oil in my bike, but I thought it was cheap enough, it is about the same as what Yamaha uses, and it obviously does the job well. I did stay with synthetic because of the shearing the gear meshing causes, but nothing crazy.

I don't get the "more expensive is better because our commercial says so" theory either. It's just like the guys that swear they have to use $70 of synthetic oil every 3k miles for an oil change. Why? Over the term of heating and cooling, it may be better, but mostly, that stuff is for race applications, and not needed for street work. If I was racing my FJR and hitting those temps I would probably switch to something else, but for what I and 99% of us do, standard normal stuff will do.

Some just like to make it harder than it is.

Hey guys, I am riding down to Scammon's Lagoon in Baja soon and can bring back the real factory **** from the whales wintering in Mexico! How many liters should I bring back?

Don, it's rude for you to be talking with your mouth full.

I don't know if I need a half-cup of whale **** and Don spit in my final drive. That stuff has to smell like Satan's ******* when it heats up.

 

[RadioHowie]

I don't know if I need a half-cup of whale **** and Don spit in my final drive. That stuff has to smell like Satan's ******* when it heats up.

I was gonna question how exactly you would know what Satan's poopchute smells like, but you know Bust, so I'm guessing you have a reference point? :rofl:

 

[beemerdons]

I don't know if I need a half-cup of whale **** and Don spit in my final drive. That stuff has to smell like Satan's ******* when it heats up.

I was gonna question how exactly you would know what Satan's poopchute smells like, but you know Bust, so I'm guessing you have a reference point? :rofl:

Good Call RadioHowie, that obviously has to be how HotRodZilla knows all about Satan's *******!

 

[FJReady]

Last year I coaxed a bunch of final drive fluid from this guy:

I've got a lot left over.

 

[beemerdons]

Last year I coaxed a bunch of final drive fluid from this guy:

I've got a lot left over.

FJReady, I had no idea that Shamu was also an Irishman! I'll inform Old Michael and ShinyPartsUp!

 

[HotRodZilla]

I don't know if I need a half-cup of whale **** and Don spit in my final drive. That stuff has to smell like Satan's ******* when it heats up.

I was gonna question how exactly you would know what Satan's poopchute smells like, but you know Bust, so I'm guessing you have a reference point? :rofl:

I don't know what Satan's chute smells like, but I was trying to think of the worst things a person could imagine. I figured you smell pretty bad in the morning, but I decided to go with Satan. So, you see, I was trying to be nice to you, but then you had to go and kick the dog.

Oh, and one time, when I saw Don, I finally had to ask him, "What the **** is that horrible smell?" Don informed me that he had just come back from a weekend of libations and lube with Barry, so as far as reference, maybe you were on track. :huh: