Re: [ihc] Parking brake cable lubing

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:35 PM -0800 12/8/03, Allan W. wrote:
>  > Why not just remove the inner cable and put grease on it as you slide it
> >  back in?
> >
> >  -Ryan
> Ryan,
>   That works pretty good, but you don't end up getting much grease
> worked down to the tranny end with that approach. 
> Having done this on several different vehicles, I have to fill you in
> on how it goes (at least for me):
> Due to the end fitting, it must be done from the speedo end.  So you
> take the speedo out and one of the electrical pins pulls off the back
> as you remove the connector.  %#^@^(.  Now pull the inner core out.
> Its greasy and is like a snake.  Now you got grease on your shirt. 
> Oops, now it is on the seat. $^%@&$.  Dangit, now you dropped
> the core in the dirt!  #$%$#&. 
> OK, so now you clean the core up real nice.  Only, due to its
> construction, it's always greasy so anything it touches has a greasy
> line on it.  If you are thinking, you might coil it up in a plastic bag
> so it doesn't get all over the seat as you try to feed it back in.
>
> So now you start feeding it back in, slathering it with grease
> as you go.  Of course, it hangs up.  #$^@$#@.  Usually you
> can twist it and get it to continue.  Wait, can't do that with it
> in a bag.  So much for the smart idea...Get a helper to hold the
> end back along the side of the truck.  Now you start twisting
> as you smear grease on it and push past the hangup point.
>
> Eventually it goes all the way back in.  Now you can fix that
> broken electrical pin on the back of the speedometer.  Oh,
> you forgot about that and put it all back together?  Now
> some light on the speedo doesn't work right--%$&$#%&.
> Take it apart again to fix the pin.
>
> But how much grease really made it past the first 2 feet of
> housing?  Usually enough to make it turn better and get rid
> of the jumpy needle, but probably not much down on the
> tranny end.
Allan,

Have you been spying on me?

John

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