Cable Oiling

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Vince

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Just after the Bellagin Run I noticed my close to brand new throttle cable was taking a few bit more effort to use.So I dragged out my cable oiler gadget and gave it a douse of WD40 through the tiny straw.I know WD40 is mainly kero and not a good lubricant but what else comes in a can with a tiny straw.BTW it did ease the action,I hear it cleans out any crap but now 3 weeks later its just as snatchy as before.Has anyone found a light weigh oil in a pressure can with tiny straw that works at lubing cables.Anyone used silican spray?
 
I tape a small funnel around one end, suspend the cable and fill the funnel with chainsaw bar oil. Let the oil round down inside the cable overnight, not forgetting to put a tin or jar under the bottom end to catch the oil.
HTH

Terry
 
Most chain oil pressure cans come with the little tube. If they don't the cap is the same so you can use the little tube from the wd40 can. I use that and the ltitle cable oiler doovy like yours on the push bikes and the big bikes and lasts a lot longer than wd40.
 
Vince, go to a pro bicycle shop and ask for some bicycle chain lube with Teflon. If it's an aerosol with an applicator tube, it's just what you want. But if what they have is in a little squeeze bottle, try it with the tiny funnel taped to one end. The Teflon lubes for a long time, the light oil helps to flush the rust and bits of cable liner so they don't rub quite so much. I've used the squeeze bottle stuff for many years, have been very happy with it.
The other thing to try but I don't know if you can get it in Oz is a product made by Boeing, Boeshield T9. Comes in both aerosol and squeeze bottles, and they also market it as a bicycle chain lube. Works as above, bloody good stuff.

Ken
 
I would be a little worried that a new cable is tightening up that much ? Check the run and see if you can get a better route and go for nylon lined cables maybe ?
 
Hi Chris - I think its throttle.

Vince - is it a triple? The cable abutment bracket at the carb end can get bent and the inner cable has to go around a sharp corner at the exit. Bend the barcket straight, so that the cable exits in line.

HTH, Paul H
 
Haven't you blokes been paying attention.Its got a 1/4 turn throttle connected to a set of 38mm Kehan CV carbs with your typical bull wheel jap type carb link by a Conwire made throttle cable.The cable is nice and swoopy in the run.Nothing is std on my thing.It was really slick just after the WD40 application but its becoming a tiny bit jerky after the 3,500ks its done in the last month or so.The clutch pull is also becoming a bit harder then before.Its action is 100% fine,it even selects neutral at a stop with the extended lower lever.I like the idea of using chain lube,need to find one thats not tacky.Never heard of this Inox,will have a look there as well.
 
What's wrong with good old fashioned 3in1 oil? Used it for years & it works a treat. ::)
 
Never heard of this Inox,will have a look there as well.
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Ya gotta get out more Vince  ;)
Inox alot more slippery than WD40 then follow it down with some 3 in 1 hoil  8)
 
Any thick oil will cause it to gum up. WD as you have used is ok but afik the main ingredient is H2O not kero so short lasting but good to flush it out. Any light oil like 3 in 1 would be good but a new cable should barely need lube. Most new cables are nylon lined and work great dry.
 
Vince said:
Haven't you blokes been paying attention....  The clutch pull is also becoming a bit harder then before.Its action is 100% fine,it even selects neutral at a stop with the extended lower lever.
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So now it's both the clutch AND the throttle... :o Mb you're just getting old and losing it a little :-X, squeeze a tennis ball now and then for a week or so, swap hands etc and report back ..

Other than rinsing the cable out with Kero and then re-lubricating with a light oil (3-in-1 would be my choice too) you could try getting some graphite powder in there (after the kero rinse)..
 
I heard the main ingredient of WD40 was fish oil.

Anyways even though it does lubricate, WD40 is primarily for water displacement hence the name WD. Inox is a far superior lubricant.
 
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