[TowerTalk] How to apply lube to HDX589

[Andre VanWyk]

I am missing something here as US Tower advises against lubricating cables.

What are you gaining by lubricating cable? I my opinion if a un-lubricated galvanized cable shows signs of rust, it is time to replace it.

73's
NJ0F

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On Jun 12, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Bryan Swadener <bswadener at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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