Lucas Oil Hub Oil – 1 Quart 10088

I can’t believe how well this stuff works. I put it in the final drive for my shaft-driven motorcycle this spring because I had a progressively worsening leak that by the end of last season was slinging gear oil all over the wheel, tire, fender & saddle bag, and leaving a puddle whenever I parked. I was hoping to put off replacing whatever gaskets need replacing until I needed a new tire but with the rate it was leaking, I was concerned that I’d get oil on the rear brakes, plus the huge mess and having to top off the gear oil every few days. I bought the Lucas hub oil as a last ditch effort to avoid disassembling the back of my bike for a leak, then have to d it again in a few thousand more miles when I need another rear tire..

When I emptied the old gear oil and topped off the final drive with the Lucas hub oil, you could see oil seeping out of the housing while the bike was cold. I thought “man its gotten a lot worse over winter, it’s too late to fix this hemorrhage with a band-aid. Nevertheless I closed everything back up and cleaned everything with engine degreaser so I could asses how much was leaking. I could already see a droplet forming. Rode the bike 40 miles to work. Saw an oil spot on the pavement at lunch. “I guess I’m taking the bike apart after all.” Rode it around during my lunch break and parked in a different spot. Saw another oil spot the diameter of a golf ball after work. “This sucks!” Wiped the oil off with a paper towel and rode home. Parked in the garage, placed cardboard under the final drive to keep from dripping on the garage floor and made plans to work on it over the weekend. On Saturday morning I went to the garage and there was no oil on the cardboard. Curious. I felt around and couldn’t find any oil on the bottom of the final drive or any pieces of the frame a drip would have travelled to. I checked the oil level and it was still topped off. I’ve ridden it about 100 more miles since and checked again. There was enough that a paper towel didn’t come back clean, but I’m not entirely sure I didn’t just miss a spot last week when I wiped it with a paper towel at work. I’m really amazed at this stuff, I won’t be needing to take the bike apart before the tire needs replacing after all.

Update: it’s been several months and I haven’t had a single drip since, and the area around the final drive is clean. I still cant believe what a night and day difference this stuff made.

The trailer manufacturer recommend 50 W motor oil for these bearings. However, this Lucas oil is purpose made for heavy duty wheel bearings. It is about the consistency of honey and should protect better from overheating and leaking. The thick consistency is the only problem with it. When you fill the bearing though the fill port, it takes several minutes for the oil to get though the outer bearing and fill the viewing cap on the end. If you don’t wait for a loooooooooooooooong time for the level to equalize, you end up over filling it and have to take some out and that takes another loooooooong time. However, if you are patient, I think you will be rewarded with longer bearing life. Recommended.

Product arrived as advertised

Produit efficace et budget abordable. A utiliser en 2 fois pour une meilleure efficacité. Je recommande ce produit et livraison rapide.

Great product works good.

Lucas Oil products are very good, I use them frequently. Buyers beware, sellers and listings on Amazon are becoming more and more deceiving, this listing headline (cut and pasted directly from listing) clearly states “Lucas Oil 10088 Hub Oil, 1 Gallon” what I received was 1 quart. Not only that, the shipping box that it came in appears to have been packed, cut open, then resealed. Will be returning the 1 quart that is clearly not 1 gallon.

Quality oil, clean packaging, quick delivery. Will buy again next time. Just what I needed for my boat trailer hubs.