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Post by timberwolfmadcat on Oct 24, 2005 21:06:48 GMT -5
Just curious if there is transmission fluid for the Ruck, took a look at my manual and didnt see anything. I know that when i changed the fluid in my Vino, performance went up, but that was after about 3000 km's, anyways anyone know where it is, i'm assuming we gotta change it sooner or later
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Post by Dandy Dan on Oct 24, 2005 21:31:23 GMT -5
There is 0.1L (0.025 gallon roughly) of gear oil behind the clutch in the gears back there. You'll notice a 12mm bolt than says 0.1L beside it right behind the variator cover. You just fill this up with gear oil until it's level to the bottom of the bolt hole.
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Post by timberwolfmadcat on Oct 24, 2005 21:42:24 GMT -5
thankers dandy D, i thought that was what it was, wasnt sure though, what type of gear oil we talkin, manual in the vino said to just use 10-w30, i didnt really like the idea, but seemed to work okay, any suggestions on the oil?
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Post by Dandy Dan on Oct 24, 2005 21:48:20 GMT -5
uhh....not 10w30. The manual recommends some wierd Honda gear oil but any gear oil should be fine. We're talking pretty thick stuff here like 30w90 maybe? I don't really know my gear oils but I think there's a 90 in the number. Anything thick and intended for gears should be ok I'd imagine. It usually comes in maybe a 1 litre bottle with comes to a fine point and you can squeeze it out.
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Post by Backlater on Oct 24, 2005 22:59:48 GMT -5
Your right dan its SAE 90 hypoid gear oil .
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Post by timberwolfmadcat on Oct 25, 2005 20:40:08 GMT -5
how do i drain it, or should i just fill it up??
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Post by Dandy Dan on Oct 25, 2005 20:43:02 GMT -5
You should drain it. It gets pretty lumpy/soupy and it stinks. It's kinda hard to drain though. I did it once but I forget how....I might have learning the scoot way over with the bolt out. The best way to do it is to remove the muffler, rear wheel and final reduction cover (where all the gears etc. are behind the clutch) and then all the oil will just fall out, then put the cover back on and fill it up to the bottom of the bolt hole.
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Post by timberwolfmadcat on Oct 25, 2005 22:15:07 GMT -5
wow, no drain bolt, one handy thing about the vino, hmm, ill giver to my bike shop, see if they gots any idea where the drain bolt is, just filled it for now. Stupid store i bought it from only had like 50 ml of oil in there, that woulda been my wierd noise at about 50 if yall were wondering
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Post by timberwolfmadcat on Oct 27, 2005 21:06:49 GMT -5
egad, dealers are useless, i told them i had a ruckus, and they looked at me like i was an alien  |
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Post by Dandy Dan on Oct 31, 2005 17:52:27 GMT -5
hmm...I just checked what the viscosity of the gear oil I put in my Ruckus is and it turns out its 95w135. I guess that's pretty thick stuff. Maybe I'll pick up some SAE 90 stuff this week.
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Post by chanito on Oct 31, 2005 21:20:38 GMT -5
 Yeah! go back to the 90, specialy now that is getting cold up there 
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Post by Dandy Dan on Oct 31, 2005 21:36:50 GMT -5
I'll do that this week. Too bad I just filled it up last week.
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