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Gearbox oil (01 cr250)
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[QUOTE="motometal, post: 161072, member: 24727"] The main difference between your dirt bike trans and an auto on a car would be the fact that the bike has gears that engage/disengage, while the auto uses planetary gear sets (always meshed), clutch packs, and friction bands to change speeds. Gear oil, such as that used in most manual transmissions (80W90, etc.) would have greater film strength and in theory do a better job of protecting the gears. I'm not trying to say that it's bad to run ATF in the tranny of a bike, I've used it on several bikes without a problem. The part that really confuses me: my mustang calls for ATF in the T-5 manual transmission! I'm a bit confused on why an oil called "clutch saver" would be designated as a 10W30...sounds like it's designed specifically for bikes, but I wouldn't think there would be enough difference in operating temperatures in a dirt bike trans to need a multi weight, and non-multi weight oils tend to perform better (under certain conditions, anyway). Multi weight oils contain extra polymers. [/QUOTE]
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