Re: How to lubricate heater control cables?

Posted by JeromeSolberg On 2022/10/26 23:27:19

I made new heater control cables from Bowden Cable I bought from Aircraft Spruce and Supply:

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I lubricated them with motorcycle cable/chain lube, spraying that through the "bends" after taking the cable off and bending it so the outer housing coils separate. The chain/cable lube is designed to not fly off chains, so it doesn't drip. Something like this:liquidwrench.com/product/chain-cable-lube/

For motorcycle control cables there is this handy tool to make lubing them easy without taking them all the way off, I have never used it, and wonder how well it would work for one of these Bowden Cables where the outer housing is coiled and can separate, but here is the idea for reference:youtube.com/watch?v=aQnMdOL09uY