meridian
Guru
I know the cable manufacturers say not to lube the cables but mine have been good for 30 years until recently. First problem is that the existing cables have no markings on the jacket so I don't know the length and the second problem is that there are electrical wires wound around both cables from the flybridge making pulling not possible. I found a neat way to lube these up from a houseboat website, and they have real long cables.
I used a length of 3/8" clear plastic tubing, slid it over the cable end and clamped it to the outer jacket, filled the tubing with PB Blaster, put a Schrader valve on the other end of the tube. A few easy strokes with a hand pump and the oil went down the tube. A few re-fills and I was all set, just like new. I had a Schrader valve laying around but you could just use one from an old tire tube or the kind that attach to a tire rim.
I used a length of 3/8" clear plastic tubing, slid it over the cable end and clamped it to the outer jacket, filled the tubing with PB Blaster, put a Schrader valve on the other end of the tube. A few easy strokes with a hand pump and the oil went down the tube. A few re-fills and I was all set, just like new. I had a Schrader valve laying around but you could just use one from an old tire tube or the kind that attach to a tire rim.