Yours must be like mine. I've used the PreLube stuff from Champion, and
everything seems to work fine: no slippage that I can detect.
73
Alan NV8A
On 04/12/07 11:45 am Elliott Lawrence wrote:
> I have a HDX-555 with the continuous cable running through a multiple pulley
> assembly motor drive, no cable drum. Any thoughts on the use of a cable lub
> that might cause slippage of the cable with respect to the pulley assembly?
>>> I don't know what the newer US towers use, but my approx 14 YO tower has
>>> u groove aluminum outer pulley sections, swaged to a center section of
>>> harder material. I thought it was bronze, bit is is not of that color so
>>> I don't know what it is. A bolt goes through this inner section and when
>>> the pulley rotates, all of it rotates. There are no bearings as such.
>>> This makes lubrication very important as it is metal against metal (bolt
>>> against inner pulley section).
>> QSL. The older ones use a bushing. But a lightweight lubricant still
>> doesn't last very long.
>>
>> What do you recommend in lieu of oiling them??
>>> Regarding the wire rope lube, I have put it on 2 tower cable sets and
>>> each have lasted for years after ther first application. The stuff I use
>>> leaves a waxy graphite appearing coating which lasts for years. I did the
>>> cables on my current US Tower 3 years ago and they now look like they did
>>> when I originally applied it.
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