• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Oil change and now clutch slips

As long as there is not a "Energy Conserving" in the API label on the back of the container. Synthetic is safe to use with wet clutches. I have used Castrol Syntec 20-50W in my 2004 Road Star and Castrol Syntec 0-20W in my 1985 400WRX Both work as they have no friction modifiers. Synthetic is best when storing for a time as conventional oil breaks down and becomes acidic. I experienced that on a project GS850G when it sat for seven years before I replaced the head gasket. I pulled the cylinders off and found the rings in #2 cylinder etched themselves into the cylinder wall deep enough to require 2 oversizes to clean up. Conventional oil breaks down after 3 months.

You can also use ATF but that is a whole other topic
 
I use SAE 80W-90W Gear oil... API service GL-5..
just regular gear oil used in conventional differentials, garden tillers, gear boxes...
John at Vintage Husky recommended using this few yrs ago..
I have not had any problems.
 
just a side note, my Bultaco has steel clutch plates.. NO friction material.
These plates are bullet proof & are in a oil bath, the plates work much the same way two pieces of glass laid
with one on top of the other...with the oil...its almost impossible to separate them!
(surface tension, I guess)?
 
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