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Drum Temp after 30 min ride?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:45 pm
by Professor Fate
Any thoughts on how warm the brake, reverse, and low drum should be after a half hour ride with 99.9% in high gear?
Re: Drum Temp after 30 min ride?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:55 pm
by John kuehn
Probably those readings are about right considering the transmission is running the same oil that’s in the engine. T’s have a splash oil system that’s common to the engine and the transmission. On a hot day it may be hotter. Heat transfer fron the crankshaft, rods, pistons and all the moving parts is passed on to the rest of the engine.
Others will have other opinions I’m sure.
Re: Drum Temp after 30 min ride?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:59 pm
by Moxie26
In my estimation ,
looks correct.. you take into effect the coolant temperature of the engine around 190 to 200 plus all the warm oil all adds up. Plus ....you're running a pretty good fuel mixture , not too lean , not too rich.
Re: Drum Temp after 30 min ride?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:57 pm
by TXGOAT2
That's right on the money. No problem.
Re: Drum Temp after 30 min ride?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:16 pm
by Professor Fate
Just never realized how warm the transmission gets. The faint smell of burning floorboard caused me to pull the floor out to discover how warm things get.
I'm going to have to wrap my exhaust pipe to keep from smelling like a rolling wood stove.
Re: Drum Temp after 30 min ride?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:37 pm
by Moxie26
Keep a loose adjustment on those Kevlar bands in the transmission so the drums will not overheat and crack
looks correct.. you take into effect the coolant temperature of the engine around 190 to 200 plus all the warm oil all adds up. Plus ....you're running a pretty good fuel mixture , not too lean , not too rich.