unsticking cables

The defrost cable is stuck on my Musketeer. It's just a wire encased in
another spirally wound wire.
Any suggestions?

dlevy wrote:

The defrost cable is stuck on my Musketeer. It's just a wire encased in
another spirally wound wire.
Any suggestions?


Spray lube on as much of the exterior of the cable housing as you can
get to. The lube will soak into the spiral wrap, and free up the wire
core (hopefully!). This technique generally works on the older style
control cables that do not have a plastic inner lining.

Happy Flying!
Scott Skylane
N92054

"dlevy" writes:

The defrost cable is stuck on my Musketeer. It's just a wire encased in
another spirally wound wire.
Any suggestions?

Is it seized or sticking? Get lube down the cable while working it.

Somewhere I saw a cable-luber. I suspect it was home made. It was
a block with one end drilled for the threaded cable fitting. The
other had a Zerk fitting. You attached the cable and used a grease
gun to FORCE grease throughout.

Not sure how well it worked and most folks want lighter, less messy
lube.






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dlevy wrote:
The defrost cable is stuck on my Musketeer. It's just a wire encased in
another spirally wound wire.
Any suggestions?

This is designed for motorcycle cables. It should work for your application.
http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Service/cable_luber.htm

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Would you believe I already have one (the exact one in the picture) and
hadn't thought of using it! Doh!

Thanks for clearing the cobwebs.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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dlevy wrote:
The defrost cable is stuck on my Musketeer. It's just a wire encased in
another spirally wound wire.
Any suggestions?

This is designed for motorcycle cables. It should work for your
application.
http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Service/cable_luber.htm

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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dlevy wrote:
The defrost cable is stuck on my Musketeer. It's just a wire encased in
another spirally wound wire.
Any suggestions?

This is designed for motorcycle cables. It should work for your
application.
http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Service/cable_luber.htm

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.



I've used this product on motorcycles for years, and it is great. I
don't know about Musketeers, but it sure works on lawn mowers, cars & bikes.
Al

George Patterson writes:


This is designed for motorcycle cables. It should work for your application.
http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Service/cable_luber.htm


But George.... is it TSO'ed?

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David Lesher wrote:

But George.... is it TSO'ed?

Nope, but it's TSW'd. (The Sucker Works). :-)

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

We suffered with this battle for a year with our Mooney's heater cable.
We pulled the cable out, soaked the sheeth in a bucket of goo for weeks
etc. In the end we could never de-goo it enough to make it slide
easily. Since Mooney wanted $500 for a new cable I wasn't going to
replace it. I ended up getting lucky one day and found someone willing
to sell me theirs. We never were able to de-goo the original
cable/sheeth after about a year of actively trying anything we could
think of.

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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We suffered with this battle for a year with our Mooney's heater cable.
We pulled the cable out, soaked the sheeth in a bucket of goo for weeks
etc. In the end we could never de-goo it enough to make it slide
easily. Since Mooney wanted $500 for a new cable I wasn't going to
replace it. I ended up getting lucky one day and found someone willing
to sell me theirs. We never were able to de-goo the original
cable/sheeth after about a year of actively trying anything we could
think of.

-Robert


What about a cable housing hone? Looks like a pipe cleaner but is very long
with hard emery like brissles and hooks to a drill I know it works for
cleaning up motorcycle cable housings.