Missing parts
11-09-2017, 01:40 PM
#16
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Conventional wisdom is that lubricating the cable is bad. The theory is that lubricant destroys the teflon lining of the cable and turns it into gunk that causes the cable to seize.
I had to replace my cable even though my P. O. had fabricated an aluminum replacement for the lower plate. The cable got stiffer and stiffer and I suspect it was lubricated.
Since replacing the cable, I have had to replace the lower plate at least once. IMHO the entire assembly is a crap design looking for any excuse to fail. The lower plate lacks sufficient stiffness where the cable enters even with the top cover correctly fastened to the lower.
I had to replace my cable even though my P. O. had fabricated an aluminum replacement for the lower plate. The cable got stiffer and stiffer and I suspect it was lubricated.
Since replacing the cable, I have had to replace the lower plate at least once. IMHO the entire assembly is a crap design looking for any excuse to fail. The lower plate lacks sufficient stiffness where the cable enters even with the top cover correctly fastened to the lower.
11-09-2017, 02:49 PM
#17
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Yep - heard variations on that OWT for centuries now. Everyone one of them knows someone, or had someone tell them, or suspects this or that 'lubrication' is the culprit. I've been lubing cable pulls since I got my first dirt bike at 12. Had some of them a long, long, long time, and when properly lubricated, never had a failure or stiffness. I'm sure we've all heard the same.
The most common foreign matter in there is actually water, or the detritus of water ingress. which turns to various forms of oxidation, caking, and calcification. Since WD-40 displaces water, and is a modest surfectant as well, it provides a good barrier to water ingress. We're told not to use it on vacuum cleaners too, but let me tell you, I have used it faithfully on many a vac, and zero failures due to lubrication where it's needed(you don't want to slather it everywhere of course).
But - that's ok, I don't mind. Opinions on here are worth what y'all pay for them! Do, or don't lube the cable. Roger will be happy to provide new either way.
The most common foreign matter in there is actually water, or the detritus of water ingress. which turns to various forms of oxidation, caking, and calcification. Since WD-40 displaces water, and is a modest surfectant as well, it provides a good barrier to water ingress. We're told not to use it on vacuum cleaners too, but let me tell you, I have used it faithfully on many a vac, and zero failures due to lubrication where it's needed(you don't want to slather it everywhere of course).
But - that's ok, I don't mind. Opinions on here are worth what y'all pay for them! Do, or don't lube the cable. Roger will be happy to provide new either way.
