Clutch Cable Lubrication

If you use the little straw attachment you don t make much of a mess.

Clutch cable lubrication. Remove the cables from. In this mc garage video. I wanted to show a really cheap and effective way of doing this. I use one of those skinny plastic throw away hypodermic syringes with a long needle that i stole from my vet s office a couple of years ago lol so i spray a centimeter of the lubricant inside the syringe then i turn the bars all the way to the right and with the clutch lever depressed i insert the needle carefully between the cable wire and its cover and push the lube inside slowly.

Two slick ways to lubricate your control cables. Do it in bursts given the lube needs time to move through the cables sheath. I used cable life cable lube which is made specifically for this purpose. There has to be a longer lasting lubricant out there.

I have always used wd 40 but it seems like i am constantly lubing the dang cables. If your bike s clutch throttle or brakes are feeling sticky it s likely time to. There is no such thing as specific clutch pedal lube but rather lubes that are compatible with clutch pedal lubrication. Given there are so many plastic parts in the clutch pedal assembly you need to use a lube that is safe on plastics.

Just wondering what people use to lubricate the throttle and clutch cables. White lithium grease is a great messy lubricant that likes to stay put. It seems pretty simple but the important bit is that you can t use just any kind of lube. I ve seen a few videos of people using the motion pro tool or others to lube the cables.