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And the idiot of the year award goes to ... the previous owner of my 2000 K1200LT.
I have not really ridden my LT much since buying it because I have been chasing the devil through my brake system
, anyway, now that it seems that battle is behind me I figured I could really start to enjoy this thing, so decided to change all the fluids so everything would be fresh.
You can imagine my surprise (and irritation) when I drained the FD and transmission only to find ATF in there :kaboom:
I refilled them with the proper lubricant as specified in the manual, but there were a few shavings on the drain plug in the transmission about 1cm in length. The FD had nothing that I would be overly concerned about (yet) based on reading many a FD failure thread.
My question is this: Do I have a FD rebuild and Transmission replacement in my future? And also what steps should I take to remedy this? Right now I put in the new fluid, and plan to run it a week or so and then drain and replace with new fluid to try and flush out any remaining ATF.
I have not really ridden my LT much since buying it because I have been chasing the devil through my brake system
You can imagine my surprise (and irritation) when I drained the FD and transmission only to find ATF in there :kaboom:
I refilled them with the proper lubricant as specified in the manual, but there were a few shavings on the drain plug in the transmission about 1cm in length. The FD had nothing that I would be overly concerned about (yet) based on reading many a FD failure thread.
My question is this: Do I have a FD rebuild and Transmission replacement in my future? And also what steps should I take to remedy this? Right now I put in the new fluid, and plan to run it a week or so and then drain and replace with new fluid to try and flush out any remaining ATF.