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Best Lube for Sticking inner throttle cable?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:34 pm
by amshaw
Hi All,
Whats the best Lube to use for a sticking inner throttle cable.....ATF, Wd-40, Vasolene, motor oil, Dry Lube stick, grafite powder, nothing ?????

I was wondering why my auto wasent changing up until 3.500rpm.....Found the cable had stuck open etc.

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:45 am
by Goldey
G'day

Used to do a lot of trailbike riding and was chasing a similar problem with my throttle cable getting stuck. Ended up finding a product called Silkopen. It's a graphite suspended in liquid, so it sprays like WD40, but is black. That and the use of a cable lubricating device (pick them up from any motorbike shop) and it would be as non stick as the day it was made.

Cheers

Goldey

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:22 am
by Roctoy
INOX! the lanolin type is good for inside cables.

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:42 am
by Beastmavster
Motorbike sprays work great.... any bikeshop will have them.

As goldey said, get the cable lube device... it turns a messy job into a really easy one.