What is the proper way to check your transmission fluid?
Pull out the dipstick, wipe it clean, replace it slowly, and then pull it back out. Check the fluid level—how high the fluid comes up on the dipstick—against the “full” and “low” or “fill” marks on the dipstick. The color of transmission fluid can tell you a lot about the health of your car’s transmission.
What kind of bearings does a Harley Davidson use?
Harley-Davidson eventually moved to cam bearings that had 32-rollers. The 32-roller design was better-equipped to distribute loads. When this bearing failure occurred, Harley mechanics would often point to synthetic oil as the culprit. Synthetic oils were a new concept to many Harley techs.
How does synthetic oil affect the rollers on a Harley?
One of these canards is the baseless theory that synthetic oil is so “slippery” that it causes cam roller bearings in some Harley-Davidson engines to remain stationary in the bearing race under heavy loads. Allegedly when this occurs, the cam shaft spins on the motionless rollers and scores the surface until a flat spot occurs.
Why are my roller bearings slipping on my Harley?
They tell us that roller bearing damage was never due to the synthetic lubricant causing the roller bearings to “slip”. It was due to the bearings being insufficient to handle the loads. At one time Harley-Davidson used cam bearings that had 16 rollers. The 16 roller units would overload and then fatigue.
Can you put synthetic oil on roller bearings?
An example is the baseless theory that synthetic oil is too “slippery” for Harley-Davidson cam roller bearings. The suggestion is that the bearings remain stationary once they are bathed in synthetic oil and put under heavy loads.
Harley-Davidson eventually moved to cam bearings that had 32-rollers. The 32-roller design was better-equipped to distribute loads. When this bearing failure occurred, Harley mechanics would often point to synthetic oil as the culprit. Synthetic oils were a new concept to many Harley techs.
One of these canards is the baseless theory that synthetic oil is so “slippery” that it causes cam roller bearings in some Harley-Davidson engines to remain stationary in the bearing race under heavy loads. Allegedly when this occurs, the cam shaft spins on the motionless rollers and scores the surface until a flat spot occurs.
An example is the baseless theory that synthetic oil is too “slippery” for Harley-Davidson cam roller bearings. The suggestion is that the bearings remain stationary once they are bathed in synthetic oil and put under heavy loads.
They tell us that roller bearing damage was never due to the synthetic lubricant causing the roller bearings to “slip”. It was due to the bearings being insufficient to handle the loads. At one time Harley-Davidson used cam bearings that had 16 rollers. The 16 roller units would overload and then fatigue.