Your local motorcycle dealer carries a graphite-in-suspension cable lube.
It is dispensed through a pinpoint needle-like doohickey that makes it easy
to squirt it into the cable...although removing the cable from the housing
and lubing or replacing the old inards entirely with a new one can be done
by a speedometer service company.
TC Syd
----- Original Message -----
From: Rich Strobel <rich_strobel@mentorg.com>
To: mgt <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: Speedometer cable lube
>
> Bud,
>
> I suggest you remove inner core, clean well (at least wipe off the old
grease),
> lube the core thoroughly with molybdenum grease, the stuff the core
> back down into the housing and wipe up the excess. No need to force
grease
> down the housing. Cleaning the housing, if it's not plastic covered,
would be
> important.
>
> BTW, are you sure it's the cable making the noise, not the speedometer?
> They can make a racket when the drive shaft gets worn.
>
> Blake suggests:
>
> >For lubrication I prefer to use pure graphite as it contains no oil
> >or grease which will combine with dirt and metal particles to form the
gum
> >again.
>
> In a former life I used to repair speedos and tachs and make cables and
> housings. The informed opinion amongst the guys in the shop was that
> graphite was bad for speedos because it would work up into the drive shaft
> and cause wear (it's 'abrasive'). FWIW. I have seen badly worn
instruments
> with and without graphite in them.
>
> Ben suggests:
>
> >I have used shrink tube to make a plastic sheath on the outside of the
> >cable. I put on a double layers make sure it is substantial. You can
now
> >blow lubricant down the cable, and the plastic reduces the likelihood of
> >kinks.
>
> Cool idea. Does the heatshrink stand up well to oil and grease?
>
> Rich
>
> At 07:32 PM 9/18/00 , you wrote:
> >Hi folks,
> >
> > The speedometer cable is intermittently noisy. Twelve hours'
worth
> > would
> >be a bit much for Thursday's trip. Any suggestions on a form of
lubricant
> >that
> >I can inject from the speedometer end? TIA. BTW, thanks to advice from
> >listers, I'll be alternating between US20 and I90 on the trip to
Rochester.
> >--
> >Bud Krueger
> >http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
> >52TD
> >77MGB
>
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> Rich Strobel 1948 MG TC 5841 XPAG 6410
> Vancouver, WA
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