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Re: [TowerTalk] How to apply lube to HDX589

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How to apply lube to HDX589
From: Bryan Swadener <bswadener@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:21:46 -0700 (PDT)
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Thanks Grant,

I'll soon be lubing my TX472 cables with Mac's Chain & Cable Lube (NAPA #1370). 
 As near as I can tell by comparing MSDSs, it's the same as Prelube 6.

vy 73,
Bryan WA7PRC

> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:12:40 -0700
> From: Grant Saviers
> 
> I've started lubricating the cables on my HDX589 with
> PreLube 6. For the 
> main spool cable, I applied the lube when lowering the tower
> by spraying 
> into a slotted plastic funnel on the cable.  That
> technique worked very 
> well.   But now looking at the higher section
> cables between the 
> sections, I'm wondering if there is a neat technique for
> application of 
> the lube to them?   Get to the top with the
> tower down, spray, and hope 
> the lube runs all the way down the cable??
> 
> (not a revisit of lube/not lube cables debate
> please).   btw Prelube 6 
> smells a lot like LPS2 or LPS3 so I might guess some of the
> ingredients 
> are the same.
> 
> Grant  KZ1W
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