I'm ashamed of myself :(
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:33 pm
I just flushed my tranny on my Elite for the first time 
I feel so ashamed I let it get this bad (crys)
First, standing up, I removed the drain plug on the tranny, and let it run out...
THICK BLACK SLUDGE!!!!!! Think of, uh, a cross between motor oil, and over chewed bubble gum @_@
So anywho, had my friend tip the bike to get more out. Didnt work too well, so I took the overflow tube, and used it to inject nice cherry red car transmission fluid in it to help dilute and move more of the bad stuff out. Well, MOVE BAD CRAP OUT IT DID!!! More black sludge. I think it was burnt IMO! So anywho, let as much of it then run out as possiable. Kept flushing until the new fluid was normal tranny fluid color coming out. So most the ickies are removed.
Proceeded to then inject a bit of Lucas Oil Transmission fluid, and top it off with Lucas Oil oil stabilizer (Extremly thick heavy weight gear lube oil).
After doing that, drove my bike slowly around the block to blend it all 2gether, and to let the excess overflow out onto the street where a old lady can easially step on it and slip and fall....
I can noticably feel the ride is smoother, and now, my transmission casing feels much much cooler!
^_^
O still feel like a idiot for putting off flushing it this long 10 yrs
I feel so ashamed I let it get this bad
(crys)First, standing up, I removed the drain plug on the tranny, and let it run out...
THICK BLACK SLUDGE!!!!!! Think of, uh, a cross between motor oil, and over chewed bubble gum @_@
So anywho, had my friend tip the bike to get more out. Didnt work too well, so I took the overflow tube, and used it to inject nice cherry red car transmission fluid in it to help dilute and move more of the bad stuff out. Well, MOVE BAD CRAP OUT IT DID!!! More black sludge. I think it was burnt IMO! So anywho, let as much of it then run out as possiable. Kept flushing until the new fluid was normal tranny fluid color coming out. So most the ickies are removed.
Proceeded to then inject a bit of Lucas Oil Transmission fluid, and top it off with Lucas Oil oil stabilizer (Extremly thick heavy weight gear lube oil).
After doing that, drove my bike slowly around the block to blend it all 2gether, and to let the excess overflow out onto the street where a old lady can easially step on it and slip and fall....
I can noticably feel the ride is smoother, and now, my transmission casing feels much much cooler!
^_^
O still feel like a idiot for putting off flushing it this long
10 yrs