new cables, older housings: should I apply a lubricant?
03-30-14, 08:32 AM
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new cables, older housings: should I apply a lubricant?
new cables, older housings: should I apply a lubricant?
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03-30-14, 08:41 AM
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Yes.
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I wipe new cables with a film of light oil when installing them in used housing, or even new housing. Some new housings have factory grease already in them so cable lubing is unneeded but I do lube them if reusing even this type of housing.
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I always replace housings when replacing cables. Both are cheap and last long time. New cables with old housings makes no sense to me. Buy some housing on Amazon or Ebay. They sell Shimano 25 ft with bunch of end caps. Original "grease" in new housing works much better than anything we can put ourselves in an old, dirty housing.
03-30-14, 09:06 AM
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I always replace housings when replacing cables. Both are cheap and last long time. New cables with old housings makes no sense to me. Buy some housing on Amazon or Ebay. They sell Shimano 25 ft with bunch of end caps. Original "grease" in new housing works much better than anything we can put ourselves in an old, dirty housing.
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03-30-14, 09:17 AM
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I'm not saying that Amazon or Ebay are the place to buy stuff, but rather saying that you can buy there in bulk. Replacing housing is very easy and quick. All you need is a good housing cutter. That's why I replace housing and cables together for best results.
03-30-14, 09:27 AM
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You may think it's perfectly clean...It's up to you to decide at the end.
I'm not saying that Amazon or Ebay are the place to buy stuff, but rather saying that you can buy there in bulk. Replacing housing is very easy and quick. All you need is a good housing cutter. That's why I replace housing and cables together for best results.
I'm not saying that Amazon or Ebay are the place to buy stuff, but rather saying that you can buy there in bulk. Replacing housing is very easy and quick. All you need is a good housing cutter. That's why I replace housing and cables together for best results.
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03-30-14, 09:33 AM
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I have a good cutter, the ownership of the right tool is not the issue. I also know that the housings on a bike kept indoor, used for very few miles on dry pavement will have perfectly useful housings. Here is a test for you to take: Personality Quiz: How Sarcastic Are You? | Anglophenia | BBC America
Oh...please check the definition of sarcasm... It's a huge misunderstanding of this term.
03-30-14, 09:34 AM
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Like I said...It's up to you. I didn't know it was "kept inside and with a very few miles on the dry pavement"... You shouldn't even ask that question in the first place. Seems that you know it's clean and "perfectly useful"...so again...why you even started this topic???
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03-30-14, 09:40 AM
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My position is exactly the same as yours here. You asked, I tried to help...
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03-30-14, 10:57 AM
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If it is newish housing, keep it. If it is old, sitting in a basement, questionable in the least, replace it. It is too cheap to NOT do it unless you are certain it is good. The labor, even your own, is too valuable to cheap out on.
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should I apply a lubricant?
