Re: Shell gear lube

To: "Wille R." <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Shell gear lube
From: Steve Spiers <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 17:45:22 +1200
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I take it you mean Alfa 105 and not Fiat 105? Transaxle suggests a
gearset and diff in one. This is not usually the best oil choice for a
RWD gearset only gearbox. This is a very simplistic view however

Steve

"Wille R." wrote:

> I wonder if the full synthetic gear lube "Transaxle" is OK in a
> 105 gear box from 1970? The manual states Shell "Spirax". There
> was some talk about the "Transaxle" being to effective and thus
> wearing out the syncro rings.
>
> The "Transaxle" costs three times as much as the "Spirax" BTW.
>
> Cheers  Wille R.
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