Matt Mc_Carthy wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RJT> Oh,  I intend to replace both cables,  I was just wondering 
 RJT> about what might be the best lubricant for the job when I do,  
 RJT> in order to keep this from being a problem in the future.

 MMC> New ones _should_ come packed with grease, and have rubber 'seals'
 MMC> on each end of the housing.  Easy enough to slide the cable
 MMC> through the housing and make sure they didn't forget the grease,
 MMC> but the inner cable is usually too short to get grease to the
 MMC> center section of the cable.  The most important part is to get a
 MMC> _bunch_ of grease on the two to four inches that go through the
 MMC> 'seal' near where it attaches to the frame.  The seals don't
 MMC> really seal on the spiral wound cable, so a bit of heavy grease
 MMC> there helps keep water from getting into the high end of the
 MMC> cable.  I normally use plain old chassis grease. 

That's what I was looking for,  thanks for weighing in on this...    :-)

Though as chilly as it's getting out there at this point I may defer this
for a while.  Like until spring?  We'll see.  Weather around here has been
strange the past day or two,  winds like I don't remember since we've lived
here.

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