Search results

When this thread was hot I eagerly awaited daily updates. Hard to believe it was so long ago. I run 50 weight motor oil in the trans and transfer case. The sincros started working better in a 100 miles or so. It was a daily driver back then. Now I look at it after work and it seems 50 feet tall...

I understand what your saying. but this thread is what is the best or right oil to use. I am stating what my experience has been. 40w oil is an approved lube for these tranys. I put it in and it fixed my shifting problems. Also there is some who think its the friction modifiers that cause the...

All i know is i drained the GL5 out of my trans and put in 40w motor oil and i no longer have to fight it into first or second gear. If your trany is hard to shift dump the GL5. Synchros work like clutches or brakes. they ether speed up or slow down the gears so they mesh. The friction modifiers...

The problem is i do understand. I am a professional mechanic and so i know what happens when you use gearoil in a transmission not designed for it. You know what happens? Usually nothing, works just fine. But sometimes...........

I always ignore the manufactures to. They are just dumb to spend all that money on engineering and testing and more engineering and testing to come up with an recommended lube. Every one knows the end user who did not do all the testing and engineering knows better. Yes the other lubes work...

Yes this has me concerned. My trans and transfer case have to heavy of oil in them. I don't know exactly what because I did not change it. But both shift real hard until they have been completely warmed up. on the trans a lot of presser is needed on the sincros. But what bad thing is gonna...