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Klotz Flexdrive.. Changed once a year.. Sometimes. Shits good and I don't see much material at all. I've changed it maybe 4 times in the 6 yrs I've had it.

 

It's not cheap, but why change it ever other ride if u don't have to for a few more bucks?

 

Thats what I run as well.

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Savage nothing against what you said but I have always been under the impression that ATF is too thin and it increases friction

 

Yea but just about every light duity car / pickup manual transmission made since the 80's specify a ATF oil.  The reason you need a wet clutch oil is to keep the clutch fibers from being loaded up with solid lubercants that cause clutch slip. Engine oils that are labled energy conserving contain Molybedium Disulfied. It is a metalic lubercant that will get imbeded in to clutch fibers and cause slippage. You cant remove it by doing a flush once its in there is in there for good.

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Yea but just about every light duity car / pickup manual transmission made since the 80's specify a ATF oil.  The reason you need a wet clutch oil is to keep the clutch fibers from being loaded up with solid lubercants that cause clutch slip. Engine oils that are labled energy conserving contain Molybedium Disulfied. It is a metalic lubercant that will get imbeded in to clutch fibers and cause slippage. You cant remove it by doing a flush once its in there is in there for good.

 

plenty of automobiles well after 1980 were also using motor oil and gear oil in manual trannys.  everyone has a preference that they think is better than everyone else but i think we can safely say atv trans will do just fine on most any type of fluid.  energy conserving supposedly doesnt do well with the clutch plates but i have no direct experience with that . but i do have direct experience with EP gear oils and fiber clutch plates. aparently it causes isseues with the plates or so i was told but ive since proven that to be nonsense

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I was just stating the atf in manual car transmissions to debunk the myth that it isn't heavy enough for gear lubercation.

 

Molybdenum Disulfied is one of the ingredients in energy conserving oil that causes wet clutchs to slip. It is a metallic lubercant that loads up clutch fibers. Once it's in there you really can't flush it out.

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