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Xbimmer
| | Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 05:42 pm: | 
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Newer cable above, original '06 below, lever then primary cover ends:
"Newest" cable same as "Newer", however the crimp at the primary cover end is more circumferential, not squared off:
Hope it helps. |
Schwara
| | Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 08:33 pm: |
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Thanks Xbim & Pk, per Pk's response my cable looks like the top one shown above ...with the coating. I have lubricated some with the HD stuff while I've been changing the fluid & problem solving. Thanks again for the pics & the help. |
Hootis29
| | Posted on Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 11:35 pm: |
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2006 with 55324 miles.
Stock cable(original)
Lubed every oil change
plus I ziptied a new cable to the old one (before a Labrador trip) a while ago just in case, so that means it will probably never break. |
Ratbuell
| | Posted on Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 10:06 am: |
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I believe the warning against lubing the new teflon cable stems from most lubricants containing "pieces" of lubricant. i.e. graphite lubricants contain flecks of graphite, etc. Those particles can (a) build up at the lower end, and (b) can abrade the teflon coating.
And...I have never lubed my teflon cable and it still pulls nice and light and smooth. Nearly as light as my 1125's hydraulic clutch. I won't mess with success! |
Terrible1one3
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - 10:41 am: |
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Something tells me that drilling the whole in the lever is not the greatest idea.
Standard practice for cable lubing is to adjust the casing so there is the most play then pull the end of the cable out of the hand lever and inject the lubricant that way.
Something tells me having an open hole even a small one will allow water or other contaminants in the cable casing, or possibly even down into the primary causing the cloudy gunky mixture.
Just my thoughts. Might not be right but I wouldn't do it. |
Uly_man
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - 01:14 pm: |
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"I believe the warning against lubing the new teflon cable stems from most lubricants containing "pieces" of lubricant. i.e. graphite lubricants contain flecks of graphite, etc. Those particles can (a) build up at the lower end, and (b) can abrade the teflon coating.
And...I have never lubed my teflon cable and it still pulls nice and light and smooth. Nearly as light as my 1125's hydraulic clutch. I won't mess with success!"
Ratbuell is right about lubing a new type cable. Its not Teflon though which is a hard non-stick coating from Dupont of France. It is PTFE (Poly-tetro-flouro-ethane) which is a by product of paint manufacturing. Its a dry "self lube" coating that needs no other form of lube and if you do you will gum up the cable. Dont do it, its not needed. |
Uly_man
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - 01:25 pm: |
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"Something tells me that drilling the whole in the lever is not the greatest idea.
Standard practice for cable lubing is to adjust the casing so there is the most play then pull the end of the cable out of the hand lever and inject the lubricant that way."
Yes this is the way to do it on old type cables and has been for close to 100 years. Why people have the urge to "drill holes" in all sorts of bits on a Buell seems a little odd to me. Maybe they are "Scanners"? |
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