Topic: GEARBOX SERVICE

[PLOD11]

How much grease should there be in the gear box.

Just stripped one down and not a lot in it !

How much should i top it up with once i have given everything a good clean ?

John

[Karl]

I use about three or four large blobs on the end of my finger 

Not very scientific I know, but a light covering of the three small cogs, the stems they sit on and the teeth on the inner side of the casing is all it needs.

C5martin always advised running the re-assembled motor/gearbox unit on a bench for 30mins before refitting it to the c5. All the excess grease works its way out and you can give everything a final wipe over and check before the c5 is put back together.

[techytype]

just a suggestion, i've bought a tin of 'molyslip' grease especially for this task and to use around my motorcycles, it cost about £10 off ebay.

my thinking being its really slippery stuff and has very good high temperature properties, so it should help reduce wear as much as possible.

regs
alan

[PLOD11]

THANKS FOR THE INFO, HAVE DONE JUST THAT, AND SURE ENOUGH SOME DID COME OUT, WELL ALOT CAME OUT. BUT ALL CLEANED AND NOW READY TO PUT BACK ON.
Its sounds better than it did before, so i think it needed topping up.

I did look at that Molyslip, i might get some of that and give that a go next time i service the gearbox.

john