We lube externally the external bridle (sp?) connection
on our L-13 when the release gets a bit sticky. While
we don't ever use the bridle connection, they do tend
to create friction in the system when left unlubed.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

At 03:24 06 August 2004, Jj Sinclair wrote:
>In most ships, the cable attached to the release handle
>goes around a
>'walking pulley' and then goes to the nose tow hook.
>The walking
>pulley is attached to the CG tow hook. When pulling,
>the weaker tow
>hook will open first, then the tow hook with stronger
>springs will
>actuate.
>
> At Hobbs, last week we found an LS-8 with the same
>problem. It had a
>rats nest right on top of the walking pulley. Every
>time the pilot
>pulled the release, some of the rats nest was pulled
>into the pulley.
>You might pull the seat pan and have a look at the
>cable runs.
>Lubricate both tow hooks and the walking pulley while
>in there.
> JJ
>