tack cable lube
08-17-2015, 09:15 PM
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tack cable lube
where to purchase that little adapter fitting that you screw onto the tack cable to lube cable. are there more adapter kits available to lube cable at distributer end
thanks Bouthie
thanks Bouthie
08-18-2015, 05:35 AM
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I thought most of the Corvette vendors carried it. My apologies to the other vendors if you do stock it. I only found it at Mid-America Motorworks ( platinum vendor ). Here is the link: http://www.mamotorworks.com/Corvette...cator-609467-1
08-18-2015, 05:42 AM
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I actually had never seen that little lubricating fliz before....cool little helper!
Have to be careful not to pump too much grease in with that though ... I'm thinkin'.
Have to be careful not to pump too much grease in with that though ... I'm thinkin'.
08-18-2015, 10:22 AM
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Once the cable is lubed, there is nowhere for the grease to go. It doesn't evaporate. It can dry up is sitting for years, but a lube fitting won't help that. Totally unnecessary, IMHO. On my Model T, it has grease cups or 'dope'cups. On every bearing. You pack the cup with grease, replace the lid, and every time you want to shoot some grease into the bearing, you turn the cup, which injects grease into the bearing. Great idea, and needed 100 years ago. Now, you see guys on tours turning their grease cups at every roadside pull-out....as if they're grease evaporated in the past 20 miles. Totally not needed.
08-18-2015, 11:11 AM
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I dump some Kable-Eze down one end of the cable shake the cable real good and dump a little more in - that's always done the trick for me..
08-18-2015, 01:27 PM
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That's all you need to do. And about once every 100,000 miles, at that.
08-18-2015, 04:38 PM
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Forget the "lubricator" device, especially if you drive the car in cold weather - the grease will congeal. Use "Kable-Ease" like Frankie mentioned and forget it - I bought my little tube 30 years ago and it'll still be here long after I'm gone. 
08-18-2015, 08:10 PM
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Is KABLE-EASE still available?
08-19-2015, 02:14 PM
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08-19-2015, 08:16 PM
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