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Honda ST1300 Section => Honda ST1300 General Questions => Topic started by: Diesel on September 07, 2011, 01:05:47 PM

Title: Final drive oil replacement....
Post by: Diesel on September 07, 2011, 01:05:47 PM

http://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?76368-ST1300-Final-Drive-Oil-Change (http://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?76368-ST1300-Final-Drive-Oil-Change)

Title: Re: Final drive oil replacement....
Post by: Bruce on October 02, 2011, 08:35:31 AM

Good idea to have a go at this at least once. I did mine at 8 000 k and the magnetic plug had picked up that many shavings that it was 5 mm out of the plug. I presume that this was from manufacture. Checked again at 15 000 no shavings.

Title: Re: Final drive oil replacement....
Post by: saaz on October 04, 2011, 10:44:14 AM

I would also suggest using a full synthetic oil.  It only uses a small amount and you don't have to do it very often. In a car I had the diff was really noisy and changing the diff oil did nothing to improve it. I used synthetic and the noises just went away.  If it can do this for a problem diff, then it should help the life of the diff while in good condition.