Clutch Cable Lube What To Use

I ve seen a few videos of people using the motion pro tool or others to lube the cables.

Clutch cable lube what to use. If your bike s clutch throttle or brakes are feeling sticky it s likely time to. To lube the cable use the thin little red tube to inject it through the tool s inlet. If you use the little straw attachment you don t make much of a mess. Two slick ways to lubricate your control cables.

Basically you clamp a rubber stopper over one end of the cable insert a tube from a can of silicone based cable lubricant into a little hole and give the nozzle a squeeze. White lithium grease is a great messy lubricant that likes to stay put. For quick work on the cables nothing beats a pressure cable luber from accessory companies like motion pro. There is no such thing as specific clutch pedal lube but rather lubes that are compatible with clutch pedal lubrication.

I wanted to show a really cheap and effective way of doing this. Perfect for hinges window regulators and throttle clutch and speedometer cables. Given there are so many plastic parts in the clutch pedal assembly you need to use a lube that is safe on plastics. Lubricating your control cables is easy and it helps prolong the life of the parts.

Do it in bursts given the lube needs time to move through the cables sheath. It seems pretty simple but the important bit is that you can t use just any kind of lube. Do not use chain lube on cables.