Re: [ihc] Parking brake cable lubing

["Jim or Ginger Aos" <jaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Allan:
    I have seen tools that clamp atound the end of clutch cables on
motorcycles.  Then you insert a plastic nozzle on a WD40 can and push the
button.  A local MC repair place might help.            Good hunting, Jim A.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan W." <allanw@domain.elided>
To: <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:44 PM
Subject: [ihc] Parking brake cable lubing


> David's post on his parking brake has me
> wondering:  Anyone ever seen a tool to
> allow pumping grease into the parking brake
> cable housing?  I bet all our 25+ year old
> parking brakes would work much better if the
> cable would slide in the housing a bit easier.
>
> Seems like if you had something that clamped around
> the housing, and the cable tightly (maybe a rubber seal?)
> and a zerk fitting on it, you could force grease down the
> housing.
>
> Anyone?  If not perhaps I will set about making something.
> I have multiple cables I'd like to free up a bit.
>
> Allan W.