Best speedo and tach cable lube?
06-26-2005, 11:50 PM
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Best speedo and tach cable lube?
For my 67. I remember JohnZ recommending a lube from one of the major vendors, but can't find it by Searching.
06-27-2005, 08:52 AM
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Delco used to have a special speedo cable grease, but I don't think they offer it anymore. I use Lock-Eze, which is spherical graphite in a petroleum distillate emulsion. There are also commercial "cable lubricants" on the market that appear to be the same.
I use it for speedo and tach cables, clutch cables, and motorcycle control cables.
Duke
I use it for speedo and tach cables, clutch cables, and motorcycle control cables.
Duke
06-27-2005, 11:12 AM
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It's called "Kable-Ease", and Corvette Central sells it; you'll probably find a similar graphite-based cable lubricant at a good auto parts store. Clean the old lube off the cable, apply the new lube, wipe off the excess, and re-install the flex shaft (after cleaning out the inside of the old housing). 
06-27-2005, 12:28 PM
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Thanks to both you guys. Sounds as if you both are talking about the same basic product.
06-27-2005, 06:39 PM
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If you'r cheap like me, put a 1/4" of engine oil in a coffee can. Feed the speedo core into the can as you pull it out. Let it soak a bit and feed it back in.
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06-27-2005, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Cris
Louie:
I'll have to steal a pinch of your new lube
My new speedo cable seems a little sticky.
I'll have to steal a pinch of your new lube
My new speedo cable seems a little sticky.A "pinch" for FREE? That lube stuff's expensive! Besides, my speedo and tach are so sticky that I may use the whole container. Besides #2, yours is a racecar, so the coffee can trick L36 is describing should be "good enough."
BTW I just got my car back from Dave at Northstar. The new alignment does wonders, and he adjusted and improved the steering box as well; he really does know how to set up Vettes! Thanks for recommending him. He is the guy to go to when I'm ready to buy an autocross/track C5.
Louie
06-28-2005, 01:50 AM
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Melting Slicks
NAPA carries a NAPA brand chain and cable lube in a spray can. It is an excellent product and easy to use. I have used it on my tach and speedo cables on the Corvette as well as motorcycle control cables. Speedo and tach are totally silent and steady as a rock.
06-28-2005, 02:08 AM
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I just did this. I would rather pull the motor then lay on my back under that dash at 6'4" tall.
I thought I would just buy new cables if I was going to go to all this trouble. The NEW tack cable jumped all over the place. The cable was plastic which turned me off as well.
I pulled the old tach cable back out of the parts box, hosed it out with cleaner and compressed air, lubed it and re-installed it, works great now.
My new spedo cable was dead on, worked great. Just yesterday my speedo needle stoped moving all together.
Mark
I thought I would just buy new cables if I was going to go to all this trouble. The NEW tack cable jumped all over the place. The cable was plastic which turned me off as well.
I pulled the old tach cable back out of the parts box, hosed it out with cleaner and compressed air, lubed it and re-installed it, works great now.
My new spedo cable was dead on, worked great. Just yesterday my speedo needle stoped moving all together.
Mark
