ATF type H?

[blaster2006]

everyone was telling me to use belray gear saver 80w or "ATF type F" gear oil in the tranny.

 

i finally found some ATF "h specifications" so basically ATF type H... and it said for automatic transmition... and ATF standing for automatic transmition fluid. etc.

 

questions are:

 

1. is only ATF type F that works? or can i buy the type H available here?

 

2. since all the ATF kinds are designed for automatic... isnt that not so great? dont those always have the non friciton additive which is bad for clutches?

 

3. For everyone who uses different kinds of oils other than the recommended (SAE10w-30). like people who use ATF type F, belray gear saver 80w etc etc, you all say "yeah it works great", how do you know that? who told you to use different oils from what recommended, who said that you can use different kind of oils other than what is recommended.. what told you that this specific oil is good if they dont recommend it, im sure yamaha knows better since they make the engines? when you say it works great, anything works great, im using sae 20w-50, i feel its not so good for the engine, but my engine still runs and "works great"

Edited February 7, 2009 by blaster2006

[2001Stroker]

I use ATF Type-F. The Type-F is for wet clutches. In my climate, it's good. Since it gets hot as hell over where you are, you should probably use the reccommended oil.

[hercalmighty]

I've been using Golden Spectro 80w Gear Oil for almost 20 years. I put it in all my 2-strokes. Its designed for gear boxes with wet clutches. I never used anything else so I really cant say how it compares to 10w30 or any other motor oils.