Date:         Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:38:08 -0600
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From:         Warren Lail <wlail@OU.EDU>
Subject:      gear oil - rebuilt tranny
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Mateys,

Yesterday afternoon I dropped the tranny in Billy Bones (took one hour) and today took it to my rebuilder where
I traded it in on a freshly rebuilt 091 with a .78 fourth gear.  My rebuilder told me to run cheap oil for about 300 miles,
then drain it out, and then refill with Redline MT-90.  I am a big fan of MT-90, but do I really need to run the
cheap GL-4 for the first 300 miles?

My flywheel seal is leaking (after only 12,000 miles) so I will replace that while the tranny is out, and then I expect
to be on the road again tomorrow night.  And while I'm in there I will also install a new pilot bearing, even though the
one in there only has 12,000 miles on it.  I can'f find one of those felt washers. Hope it is not critical.

But I sure would like to go ahead and run the MT-90 from the outset.

What do you think?

Warren Lail
88 Westy "Billy Bones"
Single speed bike "Black Dog" (Eric's Eccentric ENO conversion)

"He drank rum very strong all day, lookin' up somethin' fierce when spoken to."