Grease the Variator How Much? By ridecheap (Read 7,307 times)

[ridecheap]

I took the stock variator off and it was greased a ton. How much grease should be on the variator and where? I will post pictures of where all the grease was on variator when I took it off below:

There was grease on the roller weights a bit itself and on part it rolls up. Grease in the metal areas next to the roller weights.

[justbuggin2]

you should not have grease in there if you need to grease any part of it that would be the boss pin the inner face slids on and very little grease at that

[tvnacman]

some graphite on the rollers is good also .

John

[ridecheap]

My varaitor has a grease seal on the back. That means I can grease my roller weights a bit just not as much I see now (I think they over did it). The grease seal has four screws the ones in the pic that just screw into the variator so the grease does not hit the belt.

I see grease outside the roller weights etc all over.

Do you think I should go dry or a dab of grease each roller weight?

[ridecheap]

They seem to want us to grease the stock roller weights and even grease the main metal shaft roller in the middle.

[justbuggin2]

go lite on the greasei have not seen one with it being sealed

[ridecheap]

Nov 17, 2012 21:35:40 GMT -6 justbuggin2 said:

go lite on the greasei have not seen one with it being sealed

Yeah where should I put the grease on the roller weight or on the metal bottom where it slides? Then alittle grease on the metal thing in the middle right?

[justbuggin2]

i would put it where the roolers slideand on the center sleeve

[JR]

Use a good grade litium grease on the boss shaft, clean the variator and the rollers check each one to make sure they slide with no friction WITH ABSOULUTELY NO GREASE and if they do then apply a thin coat on the "U" slides on the slide plate and install it.

Grease collects dirt and dust, = grimey and sticky roller weights= bad variator performance. Also if you upgrade to sliders no grease.

JR

[ridecheap]

Nov 17, 2012 22:41:11 GMT -6 JR said:

Use a good grade litium grease on the boss shaft, clean the variator and the rollers check each one to make sure they slide with no friction WITH ABSOULUTELY NO GREASE and if they do then apply a thin coat on the "U" slides on the slide plate and install it.

Grease collects dirt and dust, = grimey and sticky roller weights= bad variator performance. Also if you upgrade to sliders no grease.

JR

Ok I will run it dry sliders with alittle grease on the inside circular metal shaft. Do I need to keep the stock oil shield on it if I run it dry? Will it move back and fourth good with the stock oil shield on running it dry no grease?

[JR]

Sorry I ddin't see this, yes grease the center boss shaft and leave the seals in, they help keep the shaft clean. Put a little grease on the "U" slides and put her back together.

JR

[ridecheap]

Nov 19, 2012 19:01:48 GMT -6 JR said:

Sorry I ddin't see this, yes grease the center boss shaft and leave the seals in, they help keep the shaft clean. Put a little grease on the "U" slides and put her back together.

JR

I cleaned it up best I could:





I am going grease the boss shaft like you said but run it dry no grease in the variator and get the Dr pully Sliders that lube themselves. Is this ok?

[JR]

Awesome! I promise you'll like the results!

JR