Now that we are talking trike oil...My manual says to check it on the side stand...How do you check the level on a trike???Anyone follow me here??
I use my jack to tilt my tri glide about 10 degrees. I think that Wiz may have recommended it.
Mike
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Now that we are talking trike oil...My manual says to check it on the side stand...How do you check the level on a trike???Anyone follow me here??
Okay...I'm new to Harleys and didn't even understand what a primary was before owning one. Here's what I've gathered so far:
1. 20W50 synthetic in the motor.
2. Transmission is all over the place.
3. Primary is all over the place.
The dealership I purchased the bike from put Syn-3 in all 3. (said change at 3K on motor and 5K on both trans and primary). But he said you will start to hear "noises" when the trans needs to be changed and given my experience level, I wasn't real excited about that. They also said they only check the level of the motor oil before each ride, not the other two.
I've read things about compensators, Tri-Glides, CVO, EVO, etc. and am not sure where I fit in. I apologize but I don't know much about what I guess I've gotten myself in to. I can say that I absolutely love the bike and will come upon this maintenance soon enough.
I have an 02 Dyna Wide Glide (Frankenstein kit) with the stock motor (honestly, not even sure what size it is). From what I think I hear, 20W50 synthetic in the crankcase seems unanimous. For the trans, I like what I read about the Redline shock-proof (as in a short time, I can certainly hear a difinitive "clunk" when shifting). For the trans, I'm clueless.
This is my first Harley and want it to last for years of future enjoyment. Is there a difference between what seems like the newer bikes and mine or should I just stick with what I've been told? Thanks in advance. Randy
Snarley has 64k miles; all of them with synthetic oil (except break-in). I have used syn3 until last year, when I changed over to Royal Purple 20-50. Oil temp with syn3 was 230, and 217 with RP. Had HD replace the junk cam drive with Andrews year-drive cams, and there was no noticable wear on cam lobes. I use RP in all 3 holes.
The thing that makes gears happy, phosphorus, does not make rings or bearings happy. The primary can get along with just about anything that doesn't make the clutch slip. The pressure between gears in a gear box are much, much higher than piston rings see. So the additives that keep rods and rings happy will quickly be ruined by the pressure gears faces exert.
I'm gonna stick with oils that are engineered for one job and one job only. Anything else is a compromise that I'm not going to subject my new $30,000 toy to.
PC
10RHRK, I don't have any stats to back this up, but I wouldnt think a priamry chain exerts anywhere near the force that gears rubbing together do.
Phu Cat
I wasn't refering to the chain only. If you read my reply back to you, I said Compensator. Look at the function of the compensator. That sucker takes a beating!
I saw wear on my chain compensator and my cam sprockets and tensioner's at 24k on my 04 ultra when I went to gear drive at that time and it had Harley's syn oil in it!!! From there I went to Mobil 1 and seemed too be fine!!! I have been riding Harley's for 47 years now never in my experience had one that didn't clunk on a shift ...Harley's have a personality of there own !! I have always figured if they weren't making valve train noise or clunking there was something wrong with them LOL !!!!
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