lubing bearings and tranny gears before install

[chetgoff]

I was looking at the bottom end walkthrough on here and was just curious is this something you could do or not do does it really matter.

[BANSHEE HP]

they are bathed in oil once you fill the crankcase.

[chetgoff]

thanks bud just want to make sure before I seal it up.

[Burt Reynolds]

That depends on how dry you are putting them in the crankcase. Sometimes ill do bottom ends where i dont even romove the tranny,or i remove and leave it wet,In those cases i wont add anything.

But if you have cleaned it out its just to easy not to do. It may only take a second to circulate oil,but it takes even less time to score the hell out of a bearing or gear or tranny shaft.

 

I would never put dry tranny parts or bearings or shifting parts in without some type of oil,even if its as simple as puttin a few drops of atf in a bearing and spinning it by hand. When metal is not lubricated it will score and dissapear fast!

[sleeper06]

royal purple assembly lube,they make two kinds one i use on bearing one i use on shafts and forks

[AKheathen]

i keep all my clusters and such oiled up with residue at all times, aside from cleaning, or any cutting, which is followed by cleaning and a little oiling, mostly to keep any rust from forming, but i don't clean the oil off, other than wiping up drips, or wiping off something that fell on them..... just whatever is going to run in the case.

[bansheesrtoys]

royal purple assembly lube,they make two kinds one i use on bearing one i use on shafts and forks

 

why do you use two different ones? when you put in case oil the trans bearings,shafts,and forks share the same oil. I would just use the same oil(new) i run in the case to lube everything. On the crank bearings i would use premix oil but just a little bit don't get crazy with it. And after you have it all togher(with oil in) i would turn the motor over a few times befor starting it.