I don't want to sound "Old Fashioned", but I just removed the drive cable
from the outer sheath and used a good lithium grease on the entire lenght,
very lightly of course. Of course, you could do this with the spray
graphite than verrrry carfully feed it back into the sheath. Because as we
all know, graphite will stain just about everything.
Larry Zink
1964 Spitfire4 Mk1
Houston, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>
To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Cc: Mark S. Lepore, MD <Sirmoog@ix.netcom.com>; Triumphs Mail List
<triumphs@autox.team.net>; Spitfire Mail List <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: lubricating cables
>
>
>On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Joe Curry wrote:
>
>> Remove the cable from the back of the guage and apply the lubricant into
>> the housing. Twist on the cable to work the lubricant into the lower
>> parts of the cable housing. With the lower end attached, the cable
>> won't spin freely and the lubricant is very thin and will flow down the
>> cable.
>
>The only graphite lube I could get locally was in a spray bomb, and the
>liquid carrier for this stuff tends to flash away very quickly. Is there
>an alternate method, or should i try to find "wet" graphite? (the bottle
>says "dry"...)
>
>Or do I try to find powdered graphite, with no carrier?
>
>-Malcolm
>
>PS another downside- spray graphite gets *everywhere* and it is messy
>
|