| Author | Message | ||
     Buelltroll |
What does it mean again when you can smell gear oil when the bike is hot? I know its nothing good... | ||
| Black_sunshine |
Possibly the stator. Pretty common on the '03s. | ||
| Spatten1 |
When I ran gear oil in the tranny it stank all the time from the vent. Now I run motor oil and don't smell anything. | ||
| Buellman39 |
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| Perry |
Could be caused by too much Taco-Bell food. Try adding a little Beano when you refuel to avoid gassing up. | ||
| Davo |
Check and make sure the tranny breather tube has not burned through at the rear header pipe. | ||
| Buellfirebolt31 |
You will definately smell the stator. It stinks horribly. | ||
| M1combat |
If it smells like burnt gear oil (and you're running gear oil...) it could very well be the stator. It's not common on any '03 bikes unless they are running a gear oil with charged sulpher as far as I know. It's not "that" difficult to replace the stator but of course it's easier to not need to  . The smell is un-mistakeable. If you use gear oil then you know what it smells like. Especially when you drain it. If it a smell a bit worse than that and you typically smell it just after you turn the bike off it very well could be the stator going bad. It's not a design flaw, it's an issue with using the wrong oil. I've been bitten by it myself. Be sure you have a length of metal like the manual mentions. It makes getting the primary sprocket off a LOT easier. Remember that the new torque spec for that sprocket is very high as well. | ||
| M1combat |
How many miles have you been using gear oil BTW? Most go after about 20K from what I can tell. | ||
| Buelltroll |
From 18 miles(that the bike had when I bought it) to the 13kish I have on it now. I didn't know I could run regular oil in the tranny.I think that you people are right on all counts,I think it IS the stator going and I think it IS because of the type of oil. Last time I changed fluids I refilled with royal purple 20/50 again but the store was out of royal purple gear oil so I said eh •••••• I'll go with the mobile1. And I kind of recall seeing something about that being the oil thats eating parts. Damnit there's probably another cpl hundred added to the DESPERATLY needed 10k service that has a starting price of 650$.  (Message edited by buelltroll on November 08, 2006) | ||
| Spatten1 |
I've been running mobile one motor oil, 15-50 in the tranny. Is that a problem too? | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Yep. Stop it. | ||
| Brucelee |
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ "I've been running mobile one motor oil, 15-50 in the tranny. Is that a problem too?" Yes, it appears that this oil is no longer a "real" synthetic oil as it was in previous formulations. If you want true syn, you need to go to Red Line, Royal Purple, Motul and the like. | ||
| Jiffy |
I believe it could be the oil too. But I tried to get a poll going of those that used different oils and if they had stators go bad. No conclusive evidence....at all. |
