Thread: Why use heavy oils in gearbox?
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Default Why use heavy oils in gearbox?
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:33:33 GMT, "RAM³"
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"Ivan Vegvary" wrote in news:yPUaj.12$ML6.5@trndny04:

which makes me wonder, why
we use heavy gear oils for similar applications when not unitized with
an automatic tranny?

The '62 MG Midget that I once had used 30-wt. motor oil in its 4-speed
manual transmission.

And my old mini had the transmission in the engine sump, so SHARED the
engine oil.

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