<VV> Red Line Oil Web Site - answer?

[John Beck]

According to the Red Line website, 75W90NS "Contains extreme pressure 
additives", "Extreme pressure (EP) additives allow for use with hypoid 
gears".  You do have to dig a little in their website to find that 
info.  --J.B.


BobHelt--- via VirtualVairs wrote:
> No it wasn't..... just a mil-Spec for the x-axle. The reply states info
> abou the synchros but ignores the hypoid gear issue.
> Bob Helt
>   
>   
> In a message dated 4/6/2015 4:31:30 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
> virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:
>
> Some of  you are not going to like the answer that I got back from Red Line
> since  they are saying that GL-5 was the original spec for Corvair.  Was it
>   
> even around in the '60s?
>
> See their answer below.
>
> PS:  I  did NOT ask about posi.
>
> Later, JR
>
> Thank you for contacting Red  Line Oil, in your Corvair transaxle the
> 75W90NS
> is recommended as a GL-5  was originally specified.
> The 75W90NS is a non slippery gear oil, suitable  for use with synchros, it
> isn’t corrosive to brass, bronze or copper as it  contains a copper
> deactivator as do all of our GL-5 gear  oils.
>
> Regards, Dave
>
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