- Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:13 pm
#87365
Occurrs to me that I last changed the gearbox snot in the 4-speed box on my 350 bullet a good 30k+ miles ago when I repolaced a broken gear cluster.
It's all working ok but I should probably change it.
What i noticed last time is that nowhere near all the grease came out, despite getting it good and hot. On stripping, there was still a whole lot of disgusting, stinking stuff still in there that had to be scraped out with a gloved hand.
Wondering if I should give it a flush out before refilling this time because I don't want to strip it when it's working fine but it would be nice to get all the snot and sluther out of it before the tedious process of getting the new thick grease in through a tiny hole (when I have a huge hole to put my really runny primary drive oil in through, thanks enfield).
If so, what would be a good flushing agent? I'm torn between some heated up, cheap car engine oil and paraffin. Or possibly paraffin followed by cheap engine oil?
It's all working ok but I should probably change it.
What i noticed last time is that nowhere near all the grease came out, despite getting it good and hot. On stripping, there was still a whole lot of disgusting, stinking stuff still in there that had to be scraped out with a gloved hand.
Wondering if I should give it a flush out before refilling this time because I don't want to strip it when it's working fine but it would be nice to get all the snot and sluther out of it before the tedious process of getting the new thick grease in through a tiny hole (when I have a huge hole to put my really runny primary drive oil in through, thanks enfield).
If so, what would be a good flushing agent? I'm torn between some heated up, cheap car engine oil and paraffin. Or possibly paraffin followed by cheap engine oil?