JamieB
Scooter Rider
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Age: 35
Location: North West UK
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Registration date: 2011-02-01
 |  Subject: Final drive oil change .  Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:17 am | |
| Hi all,
My father went to the local Honda dealer today to pick me up some final drive oil.
He was then told by the dealer that this should only be changed if the drive is ever stripped down.
What do you reckon to that???? |
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BlackFly
Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 151
Age: 33
Location: Germany
Points: 728
Registration date: 2010-11-20
| | Subject: Re: Final drive oil change . Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:21 am | |
| The Service Manual and Owners Manual say: Replace every 2 years If the dealer said anything others: rtfm  I don't think that it is really necessary or very important to change the oil but this are only 2 screws and a few minutes work and a little bit oil... Why not? I couldn't be false btw, i visited today my dealer and bought the sealing washer for the drain and fillport and will change the oil tomorow. I will take a better oil than the original one (with MOS2), this also can not be bad |
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JeffR
Site Admin
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| | Subject: Re: Final drive oil change . Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:46 pm | |
| It only takes about 15 mins to change and I usually change it with the oil. It uses the same oil and only about 10 oz's so I just try my best to change it with every oil change, when possible. _________________ Ride safe, JeffR 2007 Silver Wing (30,000 miles) 2005 Majesty 400 (sold 12,500 miles) 2004 Reflex (sold 3,500 miles) Givi Windshield, top case, vista cruise, power commander, dr pulley sliders, air hawk seat pad, (J. Costa not installed now), kevlar belt  |
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bigbird
Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts: 2160
Location: Winnipeg Canada
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Registration date: 2010-05-02
| | Subject: Re: Final drive oil change . Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:53 pm | |
| My first final drive oil change came out quite black with some streaks of very fine particles dispersed throughout it. That was after only 4 months and 3k km of driving on it.
Obviously the oil is cleaning out some kind of crap from the final drive. It will be interesting to see the oil's condition on subsequent drainings. |
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