Re: Mark's 1950 Super Eight

Posted by HH56 On 2017/10/9 15:12:19

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I think the best way to free or lube a problem cable is to remove the cable and bracket and lube the entire length of the cable out of the car. There is not much inside the bracket itself and most of the problem is lower down where the steel wire and outer housing rusts and starts to bind. The rod inside the sleeve at the clevis end is another problem area.

When I do them I coil the cable with about the minimum radius I can get away with without coiling it so tight it takes a bend. That causes the coils of the housing to open a bit on the outer side where you can spray in penetrating oil and reach the wire. Curving it the other way will open the other side so you can repeat. After a good dose of penetrating oil is applied hang it vertically with the clevis end up and then squirt more inside the sleeve so it can run down the length of the cable. It might take a time or three over a couple of days but I have done that on several cables and it seems to work well in freeing them up.

After the penetrating fluid treatment you can wipe that off and use ordinary oil at the clevis end to let that drip down the length as a final oiling. Wipe off the excess and it should be good to go.