Throttle - don't let friction go unattended

[RLCarter]

On 2/16/2022 at 6:09 AM, A64Pilot said:

I’m trying to remember the name of the product, came in a can with a tip you put a long needle on, shook the can, it had a ball in it like a paint can to mix the graphite with the solvent, insert the needle into the end of the cable and squeezed. Made specifically for cables. Solvent flashed off leaving the graphite.

Used on motorcycle cables back in the 70’s, anyone remember it?

Found it, called Dr-slide,  not in a can anymore, best cable lube there is, and it dries out and won’t attract dirt, maybe it’s Moly Be Damn and not Graphite?

https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/dri-slide-bike-aid-film-lubricant?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3rKQBhCNARIsACUEW_bud2WVJRb5OPXYb6Ay6yT82TUGh1iyQ-rWTZdMWbB_7_MedAqEAu4aAguJEALw_wcB&sku_id=167170

Dri-Slide worked really good, messy as hell and took for every to lube a cable…never have been a huge fan of lubing Throttle cables on ANYTHING. 

[Shadrach]

9 hours ago, Ragsf15e said:

So I looked today and my throttle says don’t lube, the other 2 don’t say anything.  Throttle is a 2 year old mcfarlane cable from Mooney.

Mine may be original. It does not say don’t lube but then there is lube specified in the MM to use on the cables either. We’ll likely continue doing things as we have for the last 20years and live with these cables until it’s time for engine overhaul.

Edited February 18, 2022 by Shadrach