RE: Cable Lubes

[Joe Martin Cantrell <agiyo@domain.elided>]

Brian/ all,
I should have been more explicit, but didn't sleep much last night and am 
in bare survival mode.  Probably shouldn't have posted at all!

You probably know, but there are various types of m/c chain lube, some 
greasy and some of which dry, leaving only the particles of whatever to 
lubricate.  Around anything which might gum up or seize on a cold morning 
in turgid grease, I use the dry stuff.

On the older one piece speedo cables, be VERY careful to route them so the 
steering mechanism doesn't pinch the cable against the side of the engine 
compartment, under the steering box. AMHIK.

Thanks for pointing that out.

Joe

At 02:05 PM 5/14/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>I haven't heard of speedometer lube, if there is such a beast I'd go ahead 
>and try it.  Otherwise, I'd recommend against using any kind of grease, it 
>can creep into the gauge itself and splatter onto the inside of the glass.
>
>My preference is for graphite, if you have to use anything, but again if 
>there's a specific lube for speedometers then it's probably worth trying.
>
>bs
>To all,
>I just got a word of advice from someone here at work that said that I 
>should use a bit of "speedometer lube" on the head of the speedometer, 
>where the cable plugs in. I can tell that the noise is coming from the 
>speedo itself, not the cable. Have you guys heard of this stuff?
>Thanks,
>Pat Crawford
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