safely greasing a cable

[Joep]

Just a tip for safely lubing cables.. especially if they have been in use.. cables are not totally free of splits in the wires. So to lube them out of the sleeve.. take a piece of cardboard fold in half .. add the grease to the crease in the cardboard then place the cable on the grease and run it through.. keeps the small pokers from giving you a nasty cut..

 

[AApple]

Aw......where's the FUN in that? :mrgreen:
Good tip, tho! :thanks:

 

[Omega Man]

:thanks:

~O~

 

[Ansimp]

Great advice :good: :thanks:

 

[C5Performance]

Joep » Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:54 am[/url]":2ipdz2g0]
Just a tip for safely lubing cables.. especially if they have been in use.. cables are not totally free of splits in the wires. So to lube them out of the sleeve.. take a piece of cardboard fold in half .. add the grease to the crease in the cardboard then place the cable on the grease and run it through.. keeps the small pokers from giving you a nasty cut..

Dumb question...which cables can be removed from the outer sheathing? The only one i'm familiar with is an old snowmobile throttle cable (uses a pinch screw on the end).
For standard cables with a big fat barrel end installed we use the tool shown. Yamaha sells them but i believe you can get them just about everywhere now.

I do like the cardboard recommendation. Frayed cables are seriously painful. What do you use to lube them? For us northern folks, we have stuff rated to -70 and it wont freeze in the winter time. Sometimes we get -40 weather during snowmobile trips.

 

[Joep]

more like the Speedo cable and some tach cables... this also allows for a visual inspection.. other wise the cable liver is the tool to use... works on bicycle brake cables also....for those budding cyclists

 

[C5Performance]

Joep » Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:52 pm[/url]":15wbrgl0]
more like the Speedo cable and some tach cables... this also allows for a visual inspection.. other wise the cable liver is the tool to use... works on bicycle brake cables also....for those budding cyclists

I forgot about gauge cables. Silly me!!

We have issues with cables breaking in the spring time after storage. The moisture must corrode the inner cable over the winter. Snowmobiles actually have a small replaceable cable about 2" long down at the track drive so when the speedo cable breaks you can replace just that short piece!

 

[Omega Man]

Also wear gloves when running your hand over your tires. That can sliced your hand pretty good too.