11 Nov 2003, 04:05, Roy J. Tellason (1:270/615), wrote to Tom Walker:

Hi Roy.

 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.

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


     Good luck...  M.

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