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Date:         Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:53:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: lube speedo cable?
Comments: To: Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <5162D01F.4090001@colorado.edu>
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I do , religeously. Take cable off back of speedometer ( helps to have instrument cluster out of the way ) Jack up left front ( if it's 2WD and not a Syncro )... turn LF wheel with with foot while running /spraying lube into the speedo cable from the top.

I use good spray lubes like ..Deep Creep is a good one.. but they are all good ..LPS at the hardware store .. any of those high quality spray lubes.

Vanagons love that stuff applied to dozens of spots all over them. Dozens of dozens of spots. I never use graphite for anything, fwiw. I'm a lubrication fanatic and mostly just use good spray lubes of various brands.

yes, based on experience. Beenworking on cars of all types mostly full time since 1964. and mostly .. thousands of things never get lubed on vanagons and in the world, that would just benefit SO greatly from a 2 second shot of lube.

With extremely rare exceptions, if it moves, lube it. Don't get me started. Vanagons get to me and I am the first person in 27 years to lube some hinge or latch or cable or mechanism on it.. And sometimes even after they just had 10 to 15thousand dollar jobs done on them. No kidding.

all mechansim love lubrication, and the lubing fluid gradually goes away. If everything was kept lubed ...there would be no wear. Just like knee joints , etc.

On 4/8/2013 7:11 AM, Richard A Jones wrote: > Is it worth trying to lube a speedo cable? With what? > My problem is noise when cold (below freezing) that fades > when everything warms up--after maybe 25+ miles. Cable, > not the speedo gears. > > I remember "in the old days" when one used graphite > powder, but the newer plasticized cables seem to be > spec-ed as not needing lube. Advice based on > experience? > > Thanks, > Richard >


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