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 Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 12:57 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2013
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Location: Rugby
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Fitting my lowered front springs and have done the drivers side  all good and sorted now the passenger side I've been told that its best to undo the shaft nut as ill loose gearbox oil :/ where's the filling hole and best type of gear oil to put in also is there a way that I can drop the shock without loosing oil from the passenger side??
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 1:03 pm |
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Not sure why you'd want to remove the driveshaft nut. A lot easier to just top the oil up than to loosen the shaft. Loosening the shaft doesn't guarantee oil won't come out of the gearbox anyway.
You need a 75/80 oil. There are a few "how to's" on here so just do a search.
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 1:07 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2013
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Location: Rugby
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Thanks for the help mate and ill do a search when I'm back in
Thank god I get paid at midnight lol ill go get some gearbox oil 2moz
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 1:30 pm |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Posts: 494
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Location: Maidstone
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when i lowered mine it lost some gearbox oil but was such a small amount that didn't need any more. it shouldn't loose that much!
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 4:08 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2013
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Location: Rugby
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It's all done and handles amazing I can't wait to give it a good thrashing 2moz 
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