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Old 05-15-17 | 10:13 AM
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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.
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