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Worried about your front diff / gearbox?

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Worried about your front diff / gearbox?

Post by murcod »

I'm in the process of changing my gearbox oil over to Redline Shockproof Lightweight, hopefully it will improve the cold shift quality. A lot of people use it in race/ drag cars and rave about how good it is.

Supposedly it will help prevent failures in severe shock loading situations (ie when Paul's front diff let go), so if it works well in the gearbox I'll be putting it into my front diff too.

Here's some info on it:
http://www.redlineoil.com/whitePaper/11.pdf
www.redlineoil.com
www.redlineoil.com.au

It isn't cheap at $32 per litre, but the Feroza gearbox only takes 1.7l and the front diff 0.9l, so it doesn't work out all that expensive (especially if it works as well as all the reviews I've read.)

(links fixed- thanks Stumped :oops: )
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Post by murcod »

Well, it gets a big thumbs up from my quick test drive :armsup: The shifts are very smooth from first starting and the gearbox is noticeably quieter.

Money well spent. :D
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Post by rocknferoza »

What grade is the oil :?:
Might try the stuff when my gearbox oil needs changing next.
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Post by stumped »

dude, i think u need to take the "s" out of the redlines.com and .au links
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Post by murcod »

rocknferoza wrote:What grade is the oil :?:
Might try the stuff when my gearbox oil needs changing next.


Have a read of the .pdf link and it explains how it works and the equivalent oil weight ratings.
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