On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:04:58 +0000 (UTC), Bram van den Heuvel
> wrote:

>Given >, Stormin' Norman
> wrote:
>
>> The specific products you mentioned above are all synthetic lubricants
>> and cost more to manufacture, hence, they are more expensive at retail
>> than their non-synthetic counterparts.
>
>I think I have the answer as to "why" now, which is that the synthetics
>cost about $70 per gallon while the not synthetics cost about half that, at
>around $35/gallon.
>
>But why, when motor oil is commonly half that still, is gear oil at even
>$35 per gallon, but much more importantly, what would be a reason to choose
>between the $35/gallon SAE 75W90 GL-4 gear oil versus the $70/gallon stuff.
>
>Is it all due to synthetics?
>Are synthetics better for a two-decade old 5-speed manual transmission?
>
>The reason I'm looking is that the shifting is getting harder to get into
>gear lately, so someone suggested putting the high end transmission fluid.
When I put synthetic in my ranger it GOT hard to shift