Speedo cable lube

[Christian Dietrich]

Its been over 12 years since I greased my speedo cable and can't remember what grease to use. I still have both the factory cables and the angle drive. 140 speedo is the only new part. Starts to get a slight flicker at 75 mph.

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[hippieman9]

Some may not agree with this, but, I recently did mine, and I removed the screw in the angle drive, cleaned it with brake clean, then dribbled 80/90 gear oil in it, then removed the lower cable, from the lambda counter end, cleaned off the cable, and wiped water proof blue grease on it. Works nice and smooth.

[Christian Dietrich]

Some may not agree with this, but, I recently did mine, and I removed the screw in the angle drive, cleaned it with brake clean, then dribbled 80/90 gear oil in it, then removed the lower cable, from the lambda counter end, cleaned off the cable, and wiped water proof blue grease on it. Works nice and smooth.

That doesn't sound like a bad idea with the gear oil considering how fast it moves. Where did you find that blue lubricant from?

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[hippieman9]

That doesn't sound like a bad idea with the gear oil considering how fast it moves. Where did you find that blue lubricant from?

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Just wheel bearing grease.

[Christian Dietrich]

Just wheel bearing grease.

OK and that's simple enough and I appreciate you getting back with me.

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[David T]

If you can still get it, it is a thin dark liquid like kerosene mixed with graphite powder. Cones in a small thin tube. Remove the cable and lay it on some newspaper. Make sure it lays flat and there are no kinks or bends. Dribble the lubricant on and feed it back into the outer cable. Don't use grease. Too thick and heavy and the turning of the inner cable will cause it to corkscrew out.

[dmcnc]

This is exactly what I did with mine. I wanted to take viscosity out of the picture. I've had zero issues with my single cable setup since.

If you can still get it, it is a thin dark liquid like kerosene mixed with graphite powder. Cones in a small thin tube. Remove the cable and lay it on some newspaper. Make sure it lays flat and there are no kinks or bends. Dribble the lubricant on and feed it back into the outer cable. Don't use grease. Too thick and heavy and the turning of the inner cable will cause it to corkscrew out.

[Christian Dietrich]

If you can still get it, it is a thin dark liquid like kerosene mixed with graphite powder. Cones in a small thin tube. Remove the cable and lay it on some newspaper. Make sure it lays flat and there are no kinks or bends. Dribble the lubricant on and feed it back into the outer cable. Don't use grease. Too thick and heavy and the turning of the inner cable will cause it to corkscrew out.

That doesn't sound like a bad option also considering I use graphite powder with my line Lionel trains for a lot of the moving accessories, Especially with the post war trains than I have and accessories

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[JETS 81 DMC]

If you can still get it, it is a thin dark liquid like kerosene mixed with graphite powder. Cones in a small thin tube. Remove the cable and lay it on some newspaper. Make sure it lays flat and there are no kinks or bends. Dribble the lubricant on and feed it back into the outer cable. Don't use grease. Too thick and heavy and the turning of the inner cable will cause it to corkscrew out.

Is this what you are talking about for the cable lube ?

I see it is available at a lot of places. Just Google it.

Dorman Graphite Oil #03344
https://www.dormanproducts.com/p-80207-03344.aspx

[Chris 16409]

This is the stuff I’ve used:

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