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: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:17
Subject: Re: [ihc] Parking brake cable lubing


> >John,
> >   Those are available, even from J.C. Whitney.  Thing is, you really
> >need to take it off the back of the speedo before pumping grease
> >in from the tranny end.  The difference between getting the whole
> >length greased and flooding the back of the speedo isn't much!
> >
> >Allan W.
>
> Thanks Allan. Lubing it only from the front end, as I do, pretty much
> only greases the speedo end. Ryan's suggestion about using the cable
> to lube the sheath sounds better than it works, at least for me.
>
> I  didn't realize they made a greasing attachment. Do you have a good
> recommendation for the cable grease? I've used moly grease, lithium
> grease, lots of graphite, grease mixed with moly powder, moly powder
> only, and none of those have worked well, probably because I'm not
> getting the grease down around the bend.
>
> John
>

Possible that the cable is just too far gone already and you'll need to get
a new one before you can get the lube to make a difference?

-Ryan