Originally Posted by
Slaninar
Just some food for thought: some local experienced mountain bikers advised me against lubing the cables - they say the lube dries over time and gums up the cables. I haven't experienced those problems. Though I prefer very light (thinned down) oil for the summer and WD40 for the winter use cable lubing.
Yeah except for the part where shimano made a *specific* grease for sp41 housing/cables.
Having said that, i've pretty much use this is only a handful of times in my career. Usually by the time you need to do this, it's a cable housing and cable replacement anyways.