Date:         Fri, 13 Dec 1996 11:42:15 -0600 (CST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Thoreau <spwhite@artsci.wustl.edu>
Subject:      Re: 80 Vanagon Accelerator Cable Sticking

On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Beth Young wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Mark Howser wrote:
> > 
> > Hey folks,
> > 
> > My acclerator cable is sticking when it is cold...Last year it never did
> > this (even at -30F).  This year it does it at any point below freezing...
> > 
> > How do I fix it?  Is there a lubricant that can be applied with cable still
> > on the van?  Where is it most likely freezing up ?...
> 
> Mark:
> 
> As you probably figured out, the throttle cable is a steel cable, very much
> like the kind you find on bikes.  As long as it is, I don't think you can
> effectively lubricate its entire length with the cable in place.  To

at motorcycle stores they sell special propellant based lubricant with a
fitting to seal of the end of a cable.  with this system you just have to
be able to get this small fitting onto the end of a cable (it seals
around the sheath and has a little rubber hole for the cable that is
sealed through clamping action, and a hole for the little plastic
propellant hose.) then spray lube into it until it starts coming out of
the other end. I have used this on motorcycle clutch, throttle and brake
cables with great success.  I don't, yet, have a vanagon/type2, so i
cant offer testimony as to wether or not this would work but this
gizmo is pretty inexpensive and might be worth a shot.

Stephen White

 93 Corrado SLC blk - 87 Scirocco 16v (hurt) - 84 GTi (ressurecting for ?)  
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