Maintenance (Manual gearbox): Procedures

Manual gearbox

WARNING: Avoid excessive skin contact with mineral oil. Mineral oils remove the natural fats from the skin, leading to dryness, irritation and dermatitis.

Check/top-up oil level

1. Release fixings, remove rear underbelly panel.
2. Clean area around oil filler/level plug.

10. Fill gearbox with recommended oil to bottom of
3. Remove oil filler/level plug.
11. Remove all traces of sealant from threads of oil
4. Check that oil level is to bottom of oil filler/level plug hole.
12. Apply Loctite 290 to threads of oil filler/level
5. Top-up level (if required) with recommended oil to bottom of filler/level plug hole.

13. Fit manual gearbox filler/level plug and tighten CAPACITIES, FLUIDS AND

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14. Remove all traces of oil from gearcase.
6. Remove all traces of sealant from threads of oil
15. Fit rear underbelly panel, secure fixings.

filler/level plug.

7. Apply Loctite 290 to threads of oil filler/level plug.
8. Fit manual gearbox filler/level plug and tighten to 30 Nm (22 lbf.ft).
9. Remove all traces of oil from gearcase.
10. Fit rear underbelly panel, secure fixings.

Replace oil

1. Release fixings, remove rear underbelly panel.
2. Place a suitable container beneath gearbox drain plug.
3. Clean area around oil filler/level and drain plugs.

4. Remove oil filler/level plug.
5. Remove oil drain plug, remove and discard sealing washer.
6. Allow oil to drain.
7. Clean magnet in oil drain plug.
8. Fit new sealing washer to oil drain plug.
9. Fit manual gearbox drain plug and tighten to 50 Nm (37 lbf.ft).

filler/level plug hole. CAPACITIES, FLUIDS AND LUBRICANTS, Lubrication.

filler/level plug.

plug.

to 30 Nm (22 lbf.ft).