TE/TC Tranny oil??

When I first got my 1999 360 WR I had a big problem with clutch drag. I switched to ATF and have only had the bottom end apart once for a rod replacement. The clutch is original except for filing the edges of the basket and the tranny has never had a hiccup in all those years. My Te 300 is still new and I have a problem with getting into neutral which brought me to this thread.

Its nice to know people still like to disscuss oils, some try to sabatoge it by turning it into a hate thread because they have little patience teaching or helping. But yes my neutral can be a bugger once in a while, i miss gears more than this though, but its usually my own fault. I dont have enough years under my belt to give you an answer but i bet if you did real tests on engine/gear wear on 2t i bet both oil and atf are fine, but not just any oil or any trans, theres enough knowledge on this site to narrow down to 5 choices either way. I hope you find your answers, te300 is a solid machine.

the cafe is the only place i know of to discuss oil without things going crazy..
that being said..im in the rotella t6 camp for bottom end oil, 5w-40..out of a few different atf oils and a few engine oils, i notice the least amount of shavings on the magnet with it. still shifts well and has good oil analysis results on my past 2 streetbikes..
type f atf is closer to 20w instead of 10w like most..atf does shift well.
these observations are on a good few swedes, one italian, and a few other older bikes. not a brand new bike.

My experience is different bikes like different oils. My old XR likes Spectro 10-40, wr300 with Rekluse lines Mob1 0-40, but the 165 seems to want a heavier oil. I've got t6 in it, but still not shifting smooth and some clutch fade. Now it needs a clutch pack, so going to see how it acts with fresh plates.

Brings new meaning to the term, "tranny oil" doh!

add maxi-lube no matter what you use, not the sex kind the truck supply kind.

The Dealership i got my 2015 TE300 from recommends the Bel-Ray 80w Gear saver transmission oil, that's what i use in mine & shifts smooth & nuetral is easy to find. First change at 10 hours and second at 30 hours.