Honda Goldwing Final Drive Gear Oil Change | Replace Every 3 Years!

Hey, what's up, YouTube? In this video, I'm going to demonstrate how I change the final drive gear oil on my Honda Goldwing DCT model. And this will apply to 2018 models through 2025. And some of the items that I'm going to use to change out my final drive gear oil would be a 17 millimeter open box wrench. Also, I'm using a breaker bar with a six millimeter Allen. I have a funnel to catch the oil that I'm draining. I'm using a pump can. Inside of my pump can, I have some Hypoid gear oil. It's made by Lucas. It's a SAE 80 weight 90 gear oil that I'm going to be putting back inside of the Honda Goldwing. I also have a measuring cup to measure the amount of final drive gear oil that I remove from the final drive. So stay tuned to this video, and I'm going to demonstrate how to change the oil on a Honda Goldwing DCT model. The Honda Goldwing calls for the final drive gear oil to be replaced every three years. One of the first things that we need to do is remove the filler cap. And then I'm going to remove the drain bolt. I'm going to do it in that order because you do not want to drain your final drive gear oil. And for some reason you can't get the cap off and then you're dead in the water. So take off your filler cap first, and then remove the drain bolt. To give you a better look, the drain bolt is located here on the bottom. The filler cap is here on the side. So the first thing I like to do before I get started, I like to use some rubber gloves to protect my hands. First thing we're going to do is remove the filler cap first using a 17 millimeter open box wrench. Here we go. And it's also a good idea to keep some shop towels lying around just to catch any fluid that may overflow. That's why it's a good idea to keep some shop towels around. So before I take this all the way off, I'm going to get my funnel in position. I'm just going to put it under the drain bolt and I'm going to let it drain right inside my cup. I want to measure how much final drive fluid that I actually take out. Anytime you drain the final drive gear oil, it calls for 4.7 ounces of gear oil to fill this thing back up. So 4.7, I'm just using my drain with a measuring cup just to see how much I actually take out of my Honda Goldwing. So I'm going to take off this drain cap and let it drain over into my measuring cup. While there's draining, you want to make sure that the O-ring on the back of the filler cap is good. If it's bad, go ahead and replace it. So while there's draining, I'm going to take my breaking bar with the six millimeter Allen and break the drain bolt. Here we go. Now I can remove this drain bolt. Just going to reach in and take out the drain bolt. It also has a crush washer on the bolt. So be sure to remove that crush washer, make sure it don't fall inside of the fluid. There's my drain bolt. Just going to wipe that off, set that to the side. So as you can see, I have the filler cap removed. I have the drain bolt removed. I have the funnel underneath and everything is falling down inside of my measuring cup. It also has a washer underneath. Make sure that you put back the washer. If it falls off, you don't want to lose that crush washer. It's a good idea to actually replace the crush washer every time you replace your final drive gear oil. So while there's draining, I'm going to take some paper towel and just kind of wipe up some of this oil. Also, you could turn the wheel just to make sure that all of the oil is out. And there's that crush washer that I talked about. Anytime you change your final drive gear oil, it's a good idea to change the crush washer. But for my Honda Goldwing, I'm going to use the existing crush washer because it's not damaged. So I'm just going to put that back in with my six millimeter Allen. And now I can tighten back the drain bolt. It calls for the drain bolt to be torqued at nine foot pounds and we'll get this cleaned up at the very end after we fill the final drive gear oil. It seems to pump better when the can is actually full. So I'm just going to take my oil and just top off my pump can. I'm going to tighten this back down. So I'm going to wipe up any excessive oil and now I'm ready to fill with 4.7 ounces of oil. So here we go. Make sure that it's going in. And I like to use this pump can. I will include a link in the description of the video of where I purchased this pump can that I use to fill my final drive gear oil. Some people like to use a syringe, like a turkey syringe to fill the final drive gear oil. I find this pump can to be a lot more useful and we're just going to pump it until we see oil starts coming out of the rear end and we'll know that we are full. And I'm just going to keep pumping until oil overflows out of the final drive gear. I'm just going to keep on pumping. As you can see, oil is starting to run out. Once you see oil running out, you know that you are full. Going to verify that my O-ring is good before I put it back. And now I can put back my filler cap. You want to hand tighten it in first. Make sure you don't cross thread it. Now I can take my 17 millimeter and tighten the cap back down. Honda calls for 5.9 foot pounds of torque on the filler cap and it calls for nine foot pounds of torque on the drain bolt. So we're going to just tighten this down. So 5.9 on the filler cap, nine foot pounds of torque on the drain bolt. Now I can wipe up any excessive oil using my shop towels. So I take my brake dust cleaner and just kind of clean the area. Just to verify that I do not have any leak. I take my air hose, spin my wheel to make sure that I don't have any leaks. So just looking at my oil, my oil actually looks pretty good. All things considering. Again, Honda calls for this final drive gear oil to be changed every three years. And this applies to Honda Goldwings, year models, 2018 through 2025. If you guys have any questions or any comments, feel free to put it down in the comment section below. If you liked this video, click the like button. If you haven't already subscribed to the channel, and I'll see you a little bit later out here in the Cali Intake Garage.