[ARC5] Two questions

[Mike Hanz]

jcoward5452 at aol.com wrote:

> Question 2: What is an acceptable method for lubricating a mechanical 
> tuning cable?A few drops of oil on one end and hang it up 'till it 
> drips out the other end?


Just about any light grease should do the job - the application isn't 
critical.  I still have a tube of speedometer cable lubricant from my 
Corvette restoration days that works quite well, but I doubt if it is 
the only thing that one can use.  The inner flex cable has a light 
"threaded" pattern around the outside caused by the way it is designed, 
and all you have to do is squirt a small amount of grease in one end 
between the spline drive end and the outer sheath.  Turning the inner 
cable with an electric drill will gradually drive the grease down the 
cable between the inner and outer flex shafts.  A heavy oil would be 
fine as well from a pure lubricating standpoint, but it will leak out 
between the turns of the outer sheath.

 - Mike