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Shifter and turret lube

Postby davekmoore » Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:11 pm

Should the shifter and the turret in an SE 6 speed have any kind of lube/grease etc on any of the parts?
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Re: Shifter and turret lube

Postby pezchops » Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:58 pm

i just put a smear of synthetic grease over everything(kluber grease)when i replaced bush and boots.
i think whatever lube you put in the shifter area makes it way into your gearbox so i wouldn't be putting too much on.
its not like there is anything moving fast or underload in there...depending on your gearshanges :D
i could be wrong tho i never looked it up.
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Re: Shifter and turret lube

Postby greenltd » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:08 pm

Prety sure the 6 speed is lubed from the main part of the box, but 5 speed definitely needs lube in the turret
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Re: Shifter and turret lube

Postby pezchops » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:27 pm

greenltd wrote:Prety sure the 6 speed is lubed from the main part of the box, but 5 speed definitely needs lube in the turret

oil is not circulated through the turret on a 6 speed.
there is no metal to metal contact so just a bit of grease smeared on when assembling is ok.
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Re: Shifter and turret lube

Postby davekmoore » Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:25 pm

That white lithium grease ok?
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Re: Shifter and turret lube

Postby Roadrunner » Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:04 pm

davekmoore wrote:That white lithium grease ok?


Should be all good, but I used black all purpose lithium grease.
Seemed to be a bit thicker.
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Re: Shifter and turret lube

Postby Roadrunner » Thu Apr 09, 2015 3:43 pm

I should clarify that that is just on moving parts in the turret (gear lever pivot etc), not in the actual gearbox ;)
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