Final Drive Sanity Check

[fhaze]

I am getting new tires, and doing some fluid and spline lubing.

Just to be clear the amount to put in the final drive is:

0.21 quart [uS, liquid] = 6.719 999 999 9 ounce [uS, liquid]

Is that correct?

 

[SkooterG]

Who knows, or cares?

Yes, there is an 'amount' given to fill but that is just superfluous information.

The smart money is on the 'just fill it to the top of the fill hole'.

My bill is in the mail.

 

[fhaze]

Well there you have it. You have 140k on your bike right? and you have done it like this?

GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME! Thanks G.

 

[TriggerT]

Yup, filler up until it starts to overflow a little, and you are good. Between my two bikes that have had the same final drive set up, I have done it this way for about 65K miles and never had a single problem.

 

[gr8eyes]

Do you fill up on the side stand or center stand?

I've always done it on the center stand. I can't remember what the manual says.

 

[DailyCommuter]

Yes on the center stand. But if your left handed you must be on the right side and pour with the right hand. And if right handed stand with more weight on the left foot and pour it lefty!

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[Bounce]

The smart money is on the 'just fill it to the top of the fill hole'.

+1

 

[twowheelnut]

Spin the wheel backward and really fill up that pumpkin.

J/K Don't do that.

 

[gasportrider]

Spin the wheel backward and really fill up that pumpkin.
Spoken like a true *** MAN!

J/K Don't do that.

 

[rddiehl]

i use a turkey baster from the dollar store. works great, no mess.

 

[PapaUtah]

i use a turkey baster from the dollar store. works great, no mess.

The nozzle from the Mobil 1 bottle fits in perfectly.

 

[TriggerT]

i use a turkey baster from the dollar store. works great, no mess.

The nozzle from the Mobil 1 bottle fits in perfectly.

+1 on that, though I have to remove the bag from that side of the bike to do it. No big deal.

 

[FJRMGM]

after reading the posts in this thread can you really look for sanity in this forum???

 

[odot]

after reading the posts in this thread can you really look for vanity in this forum???

fixed fer ya.........

 

[charismaticmegafauna]

after reading the posts in this thread can you really look for sanity in this forum???

The old Marx Brothers gag....

When signing-up for a new gig:

Promoter, "All I need is your signiture, here."

Marx Bros., "What is that?"

Promoter, "It's a 'sanity clause'."

Marx Bros., "You can't fool us -- we know there's no 'sanity clause'"

 

[daviddowns2000]

The smart money is on the 'just fill it to the top of the fill hole'.

Somehow I don't think that's possible, at least on my '05. Did you mean to the bottom of the fill hole?

 

[FJRScorpion]

Be sure to compensate for fluid expansion from the heat otherwise you'll be cleaning up. I use a measuring cup from the kitchen cupboard. (Don't tell wifey.)

 

[big ears]

If you pour real fast you can fill to the top of the filler hole.

 

[twowheelnut]

Where the hell did you score the avatar of skooterG from?