80-90w limited slip lub

Geo-TH,In · Apr 8, 2020

I use 80-90 w limited slip lub in Kawasaki mule
front and rear end. I tag on Terramite rear end said
use the same lub. Wal-mart has the best deal $7.50
quart for valvoline. Valvoline is what my Kawasaki
dealer uses.

In light of social distancing, I went to Amazon.
Same price and they will deliver. For me that's a
win/win. BYW, 4 quarts was cheaper than buying it by
the gallon. Go figure.

Going to order my groceries on line too from
Krogers. They deliver to my car.

My boy lives in Plainfield. He gets his groceries
delivered to his front door at 6AM.

Times are changing.
geo

M-MAN · Apr 8, 2020

Problem is Amazon is delaying all but essential items. With a month wait time I have had to stop using them. For most stuff I'm back to using eBay.

BarnyardEngineering · Apr 8, 2020

Except, these people who are doing the deliveries have realized that they are basically doing it for free. One on the news recently claimed that she gets $7 to shop for and deliver to three customers!

After things are settled, I'm not sure of the future of "the future" here. People are not going to pay more for groceries. People are not going to pay more for delivery. Something will have to give.

Or maybe everyone will just go back to eating out all the time like they used to.

Dean · Apr 8, 2020

Somewhere around here I still have an unopened round steel quart can full of the good whale oil stuff from the 60s.

BTW: While in Krogers yesterday, I noticed an employee pushing one of the will call carts coughing and hacking over everything while filling orders. Yes, she was wearing a mask, but I kept my distance and was not the only one to notice.

Dean

Geo-TH,In · Apr 8, 2020

You have to watch both Amazon and Ebay for delivery dates. I ordered a spreader. one place delivery was a month out.

I'm afraid on line ordering is going to be the new normal.

At my age getting the flu could be fatal.
George

MarkB_MI · Apr 8, 2020

Pretty much all the OEMs these days recommend using synthetic gear oil with no additives in their lockers. And that's what I would use in your Terramite. I've heard very good things about Lucas' synthetic gear oil.

rrman61 · Apr 8, 2020

I don?t know you personally but from your posts it sounds like your too contrary to die from Coronavirus! Lol .........that could describe me too!

Geo-TH,In · Apr 8, 2020

Mark. All due respect,
I'm going to use what Dana and Kawasaki recommends. They both have clutch disks , limited slip, that have to slip under stress. George

jm. · Apr 8, 2020

I am probably one of the few on here that have met the GEORGE in person. Stubborn and in his ways for sure. Took me 3 years to talk him into buying a KUBOTA he kept wanting to find a tractor and put a gas engine in it. Then he wanted KUBOTA to build a gas tractor.. Great guy and by the way pretty sharp guy.

OregonAaron · Apr 8, 2020

On my ford vehicles the limited slip requires a friction modifier fluid in addition to the synthetic gear oil. I dont know if yours requires it, but worth a look. Fords will chatter like crazy on corners without it. I actually got a great deal on a expedition because it was chattering on corners.... bought it for cheap, changed the gear oil and added the ford branded friction modifier- problem solved.

dpendzic · Apr 8, 2020

I ordered some n95 masks thru amazon--had a maximum delivery date of 3/25--they kept pushing it back and now when i track it it says may have been lost--yea right!!
so iam using a dust mask sprayed with lysol for my 1st reponder alarms in the fire engine--they are saving all the n95 masks for the ambulance crews--which i think is correct.
they are averaging 2 to 3 pandemic calls a day
BTW--I found mobil synthetic gear lube matched the specs for my old gmc pickup with limlted slip

Geo-TH,In · Apr 8, 2020

No additives, dealer used valvoline 80-
90 w limited slip.
I don't pretend to know more than what
manufacturer recommends.
George

Geo-TH,In · Apr 8, 2020

Jerry,
STUBBORN really.
Perhaps Indiana Wilson needs to add more.
I used to work with him.
George

David G · Apr 8, 2020

You will be fine

Geo-TH,In · Apr 8, 2020

David,
I just use what is recommended. Don't pretend to know more than the engineers that made my toys. Come to think of it, I had a honda goldwing 1200. The clutch was a wet clutch. The transmission oil and clutch shared the same oil. That was the first time I saw limited slip oil. I'm guessing Limited slip oil isn't as slick as regular GL. Geo.

MarkB_MI · Apr 8, 2020

George, what exactly did you order from Wally World? I think you said you're using Valvoline "80-90W limited slip lube", but I can't find any such product on the Valvoline web site. What I do find is <a href="https://www.valvoline.com/our-products/grease-gear-oil/high-performance-gear-oil">Valvoline High Performance Gear Oil</a> and <a href="https://www.valvoline.com/our-products/grease-gear-oil/synpower-full-synthetic-gear-oil">Valvoline Synpower Full Synthetic Gear Oil</a>.

The description for Synpower says "SynPower Gear Oil is specially recommended for limited-slip hypoid differentials and is compatible with conventional gear lubricants."

The description for Valvoline High Performance says "Valvoline recommends SynPower? Full Synthetic Gear Oil for limited slip differentials."

Hopefully you ordered the synthetic gear oil. Which is what I suggested you do. If you ordered High Performance, well, you'll need to add a friction modifier if you use it in a posi.

Hobo,NC · Apr 8, 2020

I run synthetic gear lube in my stuff... If it does not call for an additive I add Wynn's friction modifier WHY it does not hurt it and sure as ell helps protect the clutches...

Olyj1947 · Apr 9, 2020

I use 75-90 Valvoline Synthetic for limited slip differentials. Just changed everything Tuesday. Car Quest had it for $7.19 per quart.

MarkB_MI · Apr 9, 2020

> Come to think of it, I had a honda goldwing 1200. The clutch was a wet clutch. The transmission oil and clutch shared the same oil. That was the first time I saw limited slip oil. I'm guessing Limited slip oil isn't as slick as regular GL.

George, your motorcycle and your differential are really opposite cases.

When folks started using automotive synthetic oils in their wet clutch motorcycles, they found that the friction modifiers in the oil often caused unacceptable clutch slippage. Eventually a new JASO MA oil spec was established for motorcycle oils; these are less slippery than automotive synthetics so wet clutches won't slip.

In the case of limited slip differentials, you WANT their clutches to slip; otherwise they'll chatter and generally behave poorly. Pretty much since the first positraction differentials came out in the fifties, a friction modifier additive has been used to make the gear oil slipperier. But, as I mentioned earlier, the use of synthetic gear oils has pretty much eliminated the need for additives.

buickanddeere · Apr 9, 2020

Is the spec GL-4 or GL-5 ?
John Deere Hy-Gard JD20C is rated GL-4
Some ATF is actually designed to reduce slippage with wet friction material . Increases the torque rating before the clutch slips. In some clutch type limited slip applications . That could be an advantage .

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