Re: Wat

Posted by HH56 On 2021/4/6 21:09:16

I don't know how successful you will be in having oil run down the cable with it in place. Whatever you do get it free before trying to force the issue or the cable housing will likely separate from the pot metal crimp at the end of the bracket. That cable separation is the typical failure of the assy.

The inner wire and outer housing are both steel wire and rust does a good job sticking the two together. On mine I removed the cable from the car and coiled it up in a reasonably tight coil so the curvature opened the outer wire coils in the housing slightly. Left it coiled and let it soak in penetrating fluid for a day or so. After that process the wire freed up and I was able to use oil in the same coiled up manner to get a bit of lube inside. Followed that by hanging the cable up vertically and adding more oil thru the lockout switch hole to let the oil trickle down the length of the cable over a period of time.

Here is the typical failure caused by pushing the knob with a stuck cable wire. The pot metal crimp splits and lets the cable housing slide out. Once that happens the assy is useless. If needed a repair can be made by using split collars to compress the split and the crimp.

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