r1200gs final drive and gearbox oil querie

[whitegloss]

ive bought a litre bottle of castrol saf xo, will this do both the gearbox and final drive, dont fancy spending another 16 quid on the oil (just spent another 12 quid for the honda moly 60 paste). Manual says 220mls for the final drive and 700-820mmls for the gearbox-anyone had this dilemma thanks in anticipation

 

[ed4554]

YES

 

[mitch]

Oil

Depends what year your bike is 05 gearbox holds a bit more than 04 not got exact amount handy.

Mitch

 

[terayon]

just spent another 12 quid for the honda moly 60 paste

Should have gone to halfords

 

[GrinningGSer]

Should have gone to halfords

I went to Halfords and they didnt know what I was talking about

Went to Honda car dealer and they couldnt help either

So where do you get this moly 60 stuff from then? Please do tell

 

[Panzer Patrol]

Got mine from M&S Motorcycles Newcastle (a Honda bike main dealer)

 

[whitegloss]

I went to Halfords and they didnt know what I was talking about

Went to Honda car dealer and they couldnt help either

So where do you get this moly 60 stuff from then? Please do tell

you can get it from honda motorcycle dealers, im going in the morning to buy some

 

[whitegloss]

Got mine from M&S Motorcycles Newcastle (a Honda bike main dealer)

funnily enough thats were im getting mine

 

[terayon]

Got mine from Halfords "Castrol Moly Grease" £5.50

 

[whitegloss]

Got mine from Halfords "Castrol Moly Grease" £5.50

i like this price a lot is it the same spec as the moly 60 stuff?

 

[terayon]

The 60 in Moly 60 is the percentage of Molybdenum disulphide in the grease.

Castrols is very high, about 70-80% make the grease very thick and sticky. But also makes it smell
The other percentage is lithium based grease.
The honda stuff tends to be a little thinner.

The price I paid was for a 500gm tub

 

[terayon]

You can also get it from the MG Owners club

http://www.mgocaccessories.co.uk/acatalog/MGOC_Accessories__Grease_176.html

 

[whitegloss]

is it good to have a higher molydudenummm disulph thingy in the grease?, what im trying to say is will the halfords stuff-castrol, do the job just as well if not better and save me at leat a pearl diver and a bit change


ps if bm garage was doing my gearbox oil change-which there not! what oil would they use??