ajh Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 How are the two levers/balls in the shifter housing on an R380 lubricated? Both have some pretty sludgy ugly green gloop in them (new to me R380, has not been run with clean oil). Are they part of the pump driven manual transmission loop or do they need to be mantained? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars L Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 They are lubed with a slab of grease at the start. Normally I don't think that they need to be worried about. But if needed, they can be taken off from the box. That means that the gearbox tunnel have to be taken out and it's also a close call to the seatbox... They sit i separate housings and have no connection to the gearbox oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajh Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 OK, yes I'm looking into the top of them and they look pretty bad. So I can just flush them out with some solvent and stick some one-shot swivel grease in there? (I have a couple extra packages of it) The manual does not mention anything about the shifter housing. Looks like at some point somehow water got in and mixed with the grease. There's even a small amount of rust around the shifter ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars L Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I honestly think that a normal, thicker and stickier grease than one shot would be better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 took both of my gearlever housing off last week as part of the gearbox move for a clutch change, gearbox oil does get up there as both the locations on my R380 had oil in them, any general grease will do, I stuffed a good dose of Castrol LM in the 2 housings & refitted them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars L Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Well, yes, it gets up there. Since there are no oil seals on the shafts, oil can splash up. My new Aschcroft box was duly greased with what looked like ordinary chassis grease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajh Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 So, clean it to remove the sludge and pack it solid with wheel bearing grease then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 just enough to keep it well lubed, no need to pack it solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajh Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 OK, not solid. The existing sludge looks like it got water contamination in it, likely from the MTF (but who knows) so enough to prevent upsplash and not so much it gets forced out. I suspect a clogged breather could result in a huge mess if it is too full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajh Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 Ok, this likely to be related, just found a small (25-30mm) very heavy spring with a nylon bumper on one end under where I was working. Ideas? About to search the parts database to figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajh Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=11149348&l=001423e2f5&id=544610503 is a photo of the part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajh Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 OK, figured it out, it was a bias spring from inside the pivot ball of the shifter lever itself. I'd wondered why there was a hole in it but I didn't see it when taking it apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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