1976 R60/6 drive shaft oil capacity

bikebombs · Jul 27, 2015

Hi folks,after a wait of forty years I have taken ownership of my dream bike.A 1976 R60/6. Yesterday I changed the gear oil in the drive housing and final drive. The final drive was checked at the bottom thread as prescribed. I added 150 c.c.'s to the shaft housing but did not use a drift to check the level. Am I OK with just measuring the volume of gear oil added ? Thank you

dennisdarrow · Jul 27, 2015

If you drained the old out you are just fine. I use a broom straw and it bottoms out on the driveshaft with perhaps 1/8" showing on the measuring device. NO PROBLEM with what you did. It seems you have the intuition for the maintenance you performed........NOW get out and ride that dream of yours....God bless.....Dennis

20774 · Jul 27, 2015

I gave up on the "dipstick" technique for the drive shaft. I drain and refill with 150cc...or even 100cc...that's all that's needed.

BTW...welcome to the forum. Stand by while I move this thread to the Airheads forum!

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