Lubricating cables??

[serider]

Do you lube a throttle cable with a cruise roll off switch the same as a non cruise cable?  Normally just lube from one end. Does lube affect the switch itself in any way?

[Ed Y]

Just do a normal lube. I've never seen any effect on a cable with the switch in it.

[truck]

The roll off switch has a foam rubber disk in it. The lube turned my disk to mush and killed the switch.

[Coyote]

HD recommends lubing both cables.

Lubit-8 Tufoil Chain and Cable Lube (HD
Part No. 94968-85TV- 1/4 fl. oz.

[bigfoot5x]

My switch quit working after lubing the cables real good a couple of years ago. I blamed it on the lube, disconnected the switch and have not worried about it since then.

[serider]

truck and bigfoot5x, did you use Lubit-8 Tufoil Chain and Cable Lube or some other product? Just wondering if MOCO would recommend something that would damage the roll-off switch.

[truck]

truck and bigfoot5x, did you use Lubit-8 Tufoil Chain and Cable Lube or some other product? Just wondering if MOCO would recommend something that would damage the roll-off switch.

I'm not sure anymore what the oil was. I started out using the oil recommended in the service manual and when that ran out I refilled the needle point container with 20 weight motor oil.

[serider]

Well, that's a toss up, 2 bad switches after a lube job, and 2 no problems. Maybe I should just lube the throttle cable and leave the idle cable alone.