Shell TG-0983 Grease
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Shell TG-0983 Grease
Hello everyone,
My service manual on my 1987 YFM100T (Moto-4 Champ) calls for Shell TG-0983 grease or equivalent in my final (rear) gear case. Wasn't able to come up with much of anything online or the forum search. May have looked in the wrong place with the wrong inputs. Anyone know about this grease or what might be available today that's equivalent?
I use Valvoline lithium based synthetic grease in my Toyota which I was thinking might work, since elsewhere in my manual it calls for lithium based grease. It doesn't specify what kind, this is the only place I really see a specific type. Just not too sure.
Thanks!
My service manual on my 1987 YFM100T (Moto-4 Champ) calls for Shell TG-0983 grease or equivalent in my final (rear) gear case. Wasn't able to come up with much of anything online or the forum search. May have looked in the wrong place with the wrong inputs. Anyone know about this grease or what might be available today that's equivalent?
I use Valvoline lithium based synthetic grease in my Toyota which I was thinking might work, since elsewhere in my manual it calls for lithium based grease. It doesn't specify what kind, this is the only place I really see a specific type. Just not too sure.
Thanks!
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Well, Shell wasn't able to help. They didn't have anything on record for that type of grease and as such didn't have a suggested equivalent.
Contacted my nearest Yamaha dealer and they said for something like that to just use any kind of waterproof grease. I think he said they use Bel-Ray waterproof grease. I told him of my thought to use the Valvoline lithium based grease I use on my Sequoia and he seemed to think that would work fine.
Unless anyone thinks otherwise, I'll probably go with the Valvoline stuff.
Contacted my nearest Yamaha dealer and they said for something like that to just use any kind of waterproof grease. I think he said they use Bel-Ray waterproof grease. I told him of my thought to use the Valvoline lithium based grease I use on my Sequoia and he seemed to think that would work fine.
Unless anyone thinks otherwise, I'll probably go with the Valvoline stuff.
#4
Well, Shell wasn't able to help. They didn't have anything on record for that type of grease and as such didn't have a suggested equivalent.
Contacted my nearest Yamaha dealer and they said for something like that to just use any kind of waterproof grease. I think he said they use Bel-Ray waterproof grease. I told him of my thought to use the Valvoline lithium based grease I use on my Sequoia and he seemed to think that would work fine.
Unless anyone thinks otherwise, I'll probably go with the Valvoline stuff.
Contacted my nearest Yamaha dealer and they said for something like that to just use any kind of waterproof grease. I think he said they use Bel-Ray waterproof grease. I told him of my thought to use the Valvoline lithium based grease I use on my Sequoia and he seemed to think that would work fine.
Unless anyone thinks otherwise, I'll probably go with the Valvoline stuff.
#5
Yes it's for the rear gear case. No drain plug, but there is what looks like a grease fitting in the top side of it. Manual calls for a breather tube attached to it so it. When I pulled it apart it had a bunch of old thick grease in it.
#6
Hmmmm. Well, fill it full of the grease that you mentioned. Since it doesn't have a drain I'm guessing thats the best route. I have worked on ATVs for many years, learn something new every day...
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