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Posted by:
Charles Riddle
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
02:22 pm | I like to change the fluids in my 1500. The rear drive is hard to get to. I use a small hose that fits the nipple on the gear lube bottle. I can't see the fill hole well and spill a little in the process. Question: If I put the bike on the sidestand and overfill a bit due to the lean, will I damage the innards? thanx. |
Posted by:
Wayne Stewart
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
02:31 pm | Go to auto parts store and get a small pump that fits the bottle neck-about $6 it will allow you to fill the rear drive prefect.
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Posted by:
Rolf Dean
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
02:33 pm | If you put it back on the center stand after you think it is full, then pull the fill plug out and catch the excess if there is some.
Butch USAF,MSGT, EOD Ret  2001  
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Posted by:
Kenneth Vega
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
02:33 pm | No! It's just like the rear end on your truck.
Just stand it back up and let it seek it's own
level. Then put the plug back in.
Ken |
Posted by:
Martin Kaiser
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
03:39 pm | Like Wayne said, get that small pump (I got mine from a Marine engine supply store) and a length of clear plastic hose to fit. I thread my hose through the saddlebag brackets to the hole and pump away from outside the saddlebag area. When it starts to drain from the hole I know I'm full and I carefully drain the hose back into the bottle. Cap the hose and you're set until the next season.
Martin
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Posted by:
James Bertuca
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
03:41 pm | Use the old style oil can with the hand pump, works great.
Jim |
Posted by:
Michael Stone
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
04:38 pm | I changed the rear lube when I had the tire off. The muffler was hanging down and the saddle bag was off to one side. Easily done at that time.
Mike
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Posted by:
Alex Bereczky
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
05:06 pm | I don't think any overfill would hurt this thing... the gears are half-immersed in oil, so a bit extra would not change that the effect.
(Overfill is a problem inside the engine, because it causes the piston rods to impact the too-high oil level... that's not the case though with the rear drive, so no problem) |
Posted by:
William Warren
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
05:30 pm | Overfilling won't "hurt" anything.
But whether you stand it up on the center stand and let it find it's level with the fill plug out ... or if you just overfill it and ride ... it will find it's own level in time.
If overfilled it'll just result in an oily mess from the vent on the rear, that's all.
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Posted by:
Albert Schuman
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
06:45 pm | W.W`s last line said it best |
