Oil concerns

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Underdog

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gonna do my 2500mile service myself. searched the "how to" threads and cant exactly find what type of oil to put back in the dog. my local dealer said to put:

20-50 mineral oil- engine
80-90 synthetic- primary
dextron 4- transmission

does this all sound right? any suggestions? thanks in advance.
 
Iman

Iman

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You do not need to change the primary or trans fluid yet. Usually 5000 miles for that. Run the 20-50 of your choice. i use Amsoil but a lot of guys use Mobil 1
 
RRRUFF

RRRUFF

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k9rider said:
gonna do my 2500mile service myself. searched the "how to" threads and cant exactly find what type of oil to put back in the dog. my local dealer said to put:

20-50 mineral oil- engine
80-90 synthetic- primary
dextron 4- transmission

does this all sound right? any suggestions? thanks in advance.
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Looks fine except the transmission oil, not sure if I would run the dextron. My 05 manual says to run a vtwin transmission oil, alot here myself included run the Redline Heavy Shock Proof oil.
 
thexaulted

thexaulted

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S&S recommends the Mobil 1 20-50 but I personally prefer using the Valvoline VR 1 20-50. Definitely quieter then the synthetic. After having run close to overheating in heavy traffic at bike week several years ago (using synthetic) a Big Dog dealer told me that in those conditions they regularly run straight 70 weight with Lucas stabilizer mixed in. I was afraid of going that heavy but have been using the VR 1 and Lucas and been good in traffic!
 
myanoch

myanoch

Active Member
I use Mobil1 in the engine
I use spectra 6 speed trans lube baker recomnends it
I use to use harley primary flluid
i also like trans fluid
I replaced with open belt drive looked at old clutches they were fine
I usually keep what builder recomnends they should know
 
U

Underdog

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Iman said:
You do not need to change the primary or trans fluid yet. Usually 5000 miles for that. Run the 20-50 of your choice. i use Amsoil but a lot of guys use Mobil 1
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just flipped thru my manual and yeah dont need to change primary and transmission till the 5000mile.
 
armad

armad

Active Member
k9rider said:
gonna do my 2500mile service myself. searched the "how to" threads and cant exactly find what type of oil to put back in the dog. my local dealer said to put:

20-50 mineral oil- engine
80-90 synthetic- primary
dextron 4- transmission

does this all sound right? any suggestions? thanks in advance.
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20-50 syn- engine
dextron ATF-primary (no slip issues, cheap,&works great)
80-90 syn- tranny
 
Mickeetwo

Mickeetwo

Guru
Primary-- Bel-Ray primary fliud
Trans--- Bel-Ray 85w140 gear oil
Motor--- Rev-Tech 20w50 with a little Lucas Oil treatment. I have TP rockers and synthetic seems to make more top end noise.
This combination has got me over 16,000 miles so far. I'm going to stick with it :D
 
jimizee028

jimizee028

TRUE COLORS COLLISION
Ask 100 people...gonna get 100 different opinions....none really right...none really wrong....longas your puttin the right stuff in the right holes.......
 
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