I just changed the drive sprokets on my elan and to test it out i just put some 80-90 gear oil in because i had noo chain case oil. Will this work if i leave it in, what othe oil can you use? trying to get stuff of my shelf befor buying new.[/b]

Holy crap ! that stuff will turn to molasses a soon as it gets cold. Use some Dextron 4 tranny oil and call it a day.

 

I used 75w90 or 80w90 for 25 yrs

I now use 75w90 semi synthetic for the past 5 or so season

 

So far my chaincase is doing just fine with the ATF in it. If it's good enough for the transfer case on my truck, it's certainly good enough for the chaincase on my sled.

 

i have used mobil 1 75w90 synthetic gear oil for years

 

amsoil chain case lube of all things lol

 

I am surprised at the heavy gear oil used by a few. like doc, I can only imagine what that stuff looks like when starting out. being amsoil kind of guy ,I too use the amsoil chain lube.

 

Amsoil being used here as well. And actually, that Amsoil is AMAZING! First real ride of the season I blew my chain case seal. Well..... didn't actually blow it. I can't get a gasket/seal for my sled. Not even from the Yamaha dealer. So I had to use gasket silicon. Put the bead around the case cover. Waited an hour for it to skim over. Installed the cover and just gently snug down the bolts so that I could wait 24 hrs before tightening them down. Well..... that was in the summer and I guess I must have forgot to tighten the bolts down. Regardless. I'm about 120 km's from home and could smell this God awful rotten sewege type of smell. I knew right away that it was burning chaincase oil. A quick check on the trail confirmed my speculations as my chaincase oil had sprayed all over the muffler...... Mmmm..... love that smell. Anyway. Had a passenger on the back, and of course not enough daylight to try and tighten down the bolts only to still have no chaincase oil left. So I rode her home. Kept the sled around the 5000 rpm mark and the old girl made it! When I got home I pulled the chaincase apart to check the damage, and the chain was still sticky with lube (though pretty burnt), and not so much as a single filing in the bottom of the chaincase. My chaincase will no longer see anything other than AMSOIL chain lube!

 

I am surprised at the heavy gear oil used my a few. like doc, I can only imagine what that stuff looks like when starting out. being amsoil kind of guy ,I too use the amsoil chain lube.[/b]

its semi synthetic 75w90

last week I took my chaincase apart and it was -23c and it flowed nicely like it was 70f/21c

 

amsoil chain case lube of all things lol[/b]

Ditto buddy! :thumbsup:

 

Icefisherman: In a pinch, I have put in injector oil as a short term solution to get home. I carry a liter of injector oil with me just in case, have even used the bottle when siphoning fuel into another sled.

FYI.

 

So far my chaincase is doing just fine with the ATF in it. If it's good enough for the transfer case on my truck, it's certainly good enough for the chaincase on my sled.[/b]

they use ATF in tranfer cases for better mpg

 

I like to marinate the chain in energy release for a couple hours then fill with Amsoil chain lube.

http://www.energyrelease.com/index.asp

An alternative is adding two ounces to the chaincase and 6 oz of Amsoil or your preferred lube.

We had a chain survive for almost 100kms at high speeds(rail bed) with no oil in the case with this setup.

 

I used 75w90 or 80w90 for 25 yrs

I now use 75w90 semi synthetic for the past 5 or so season[/b]

That's what I'm using. 80W Gear oil is specified by Yamaha for the chaincase in my Vmax in the official shop manual, and I'd just as soon get the most protection possible so I use it in all my sleds. However, I probably will never ride under 10F so maybe much colder temps would be affected more.

 

they use ATF in tranfer cases for better mpg[/b]

So? My truck has over 100k miles on it, and it's still going fine. I don't plan on putting 100k miles on my sled.

I've torn into my share of high mile T5 transmissions that run ATF and other than worn synchros, the gears always look like new. Since my chaincase doesn't have synchros, I figure I'm fine.

Oh, and for you guys that worry about some of the gear oils being too thick... I wouldn't worry too much. A 75w90 is roughly the same viscosity as a 10w30 motor oil. The only difference is the additives. The additives thicken it a bit, but the oil's viscosity is still the same. The gear oils are just rated on a different scale, which is why they have different numbers.