Re: [ihc] Parking brake cable lubing

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>
To: "Allan W." <allanw@domain.elided>; <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 13:53
Subject: Re: [ihc] Parking brake cable lubing


> At 9:44 PM -0800 12/6/03, Allan W. wrote:
> >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.
>
> Good idea, but I need one for my speedometer cable also.
>
> John
> -- 
> John Hofstetter
> www.goldrush.com/~hofs
>

Why not just remove the inner cable and put grease on it as you slide it
back in?

-Ryan