Anyone on here every used the tribetex engine wear additive in their ST? If so, what were the results?
Use of TriboTEX additive for engine wear
- Thread starter GhenghisKen
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In looking at the TriboTex website this appears to be another WS2(tungsten disulfide) nano particle additive. Argonne Natl. Labs. did studies on this some years ago. It does protect gears very effectively. The question you should ask and find out is how it will effect a wet clutch such as an ST1300 has as it shares the transmission and engine oil. I have personally used WS2 particles in gearboxes and also as an additive in greases - I actually use WS2 grease on drive splines in place of moly as it protects splines much better than moly. NASA uses WS2 dry lubricants on mechanical devices on spacecraft as it will lubricate in vacuum environments where traditional lubes will off gas and disappear. There is a lot of hype on their website and they are careful not to name WS2 or Tungsten disulfide but only refer to magic unnamed carbon nano-particles. WS2 particles will fall out of suspension in the oil over time but will adhere to metal surfaces. WS2 spray coating is used on gears in high stress applications such as gearboxes and drives in racing applications.
Besides what @bdalameda said about the clutch a question you should ask is "why"?
You have a car engine in a two wheeled vehicle. That may not seem obvious, but our first car after getting married almost 52 years ago was a 66 VW Beetle. It had a 1300 cc engine and produced 50 horsepower. It managed to take the two of us from Seattle to Denver on our first assignment with all our possessions in it.
Your ST1300 weighs about a third of what that VW engine did with twice as much horsepower. It's loafing when you're riding it. You're certainly not stressing it. Unless you're planning on reaching 700,000 miles, you don't have much need to worry about wear.
But if you really want to lighten your wallet...PM me and I'll send you my address.
Chris
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I have 174k on the bike now (it is a 2008) and I was hoping to preserve it through to 500k.