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  • #1

    Friction modifiers...

    Anyone ever added this stuff to either the middle drive or final drives? Ford makes a really good one that quiets down a rear end substantially, so didn't know if anyone's tried it for a noisy/whiney middle drive? I've got a couple bottles of this stuff laying around. Stinks like already burnt gear drive oil.. but works well in cars/trucks.


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  • #2
    The 75/140 synthetic does the same thing Tod.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by BA80 View Post
      The 75/140 synthetic does the same thing Tod.
      I've added it to rear ends that already has that in it and it will quiet them down. When doing full fluid replacements on a Ford using full synthetic, they still recommend adding a bottle of this.
      Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

      You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

      Current bikes:
      '06 Suzuki DR650
      *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
      '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
      '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
      '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
      '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
      '81 XS1100 Special
      '81 YZ250
      '80 XS850 Special
      '80 XR100
      *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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      • #4
        That's because Fords ar so damn noisy and touchy you need all the help you can get to keep them from self destructing.
        Greg

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        ― Albert Einstein

        80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

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        • #5
          Ride without a fairing. You aren't going to be worrying about what little noise comes from the fd

          When I rode to NYC last year I couldn't hear anything but ringing for two days afterwards.
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          • #6
            Hey Andrew, You should see if you can make it to the XS southeast rally with us. JWHughes will be trailering up to meet Tod and I in Little Rock.. Maybe you can catch a ride with him.

            It would be great to meet and ride with you.
            Greg

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            • #7
              I'd Like to. Just depends on my next job. Tomorrow I am driving down to Houston to try and catch a ship for 3 or 4 months. If it works out that I am available and the bike is together, I will definitely show up on two wheels.
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              • #8
                I riding, not trailering Greg....I said trailering would be faster as I don't stop as often, but I need the long trip as practice for next summer.

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                • #9
                  Well, San Antonio to Memphis is 725 miles of freakin practice.

                  Have you decided what time you'll leave? it's at laest 12 hrs from there to Little Rock.
                  Greg

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                  • #10
                    Im leaving from Lufkin.

                    I will already be at my Brother in Laws place visiting Rising Sun when I leave Thursday. That is 300 miles closer to Little Rock.

                    If I leave after work thursday about 1400 its about 300 miles to LR.
                    I might have to see if I can leave at noon.
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                    • #11
                      It's still a couple months away but we need to coordinate our arrival times and a meeting place.

                      Damn, we have completely hijacked Tods thread.


                      Ahhh who cares.
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                      • #12
                        Back on topic, the friction modifier is for a LSD (limited slip drive) or a (posi) differential. It "modifies" the "friction" of the clutch assembly inside the carrier so it doesn't chatter when cornering. The clutch set in there is just like the on in your bike or in an auto trans, and engages when one wheel starts to spin (slip) faster than the other, temporarily locking both axles together. You will find many motorcycle oil blends contain friction modifiers also intended to reduce clutch chatter.
                        As niether the mid or final drive have any clutches it won't do anything but dilute the already small amount of gear oil in the drives.
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