[TowerTalk] How to apply lube to HDX589
Jim Thomson
jim.thom at telus.net
Thu Jun 13 07:25:45 EDT 2013
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:45:37 -0400
From: Andre VanWyk <kr5dx at yahoo.com>
To: Bryan Swadener <bswadener at yahoo.com>
Cc: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>,
"grants2 at pacbell.net" <grants2 at pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How to apply lube to HDX589
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
## UST sez all sorts of stuff. You missed the point. The prelube-6 penetrates to the inner strands..then dries on the outer exposed
surface. The idea is to lubricate the inner strands, esp when the cable passes over a pulley. The inner strands will rub
longitudinally on each other, which is where the wear occurs. Where a cable passes over a pulley, the strands in contact
with the pulley bend in a tighter arc than the outside strands on the opposite side.
## Our local shipyards use pre-lube 6-9-11...and they have it in 55 gal drums. Now if you are talking about some type of grease, then
yes, you dont want to use grease. Grease wont lubricate the inner strands. Instead it will just attract dirt + dust. The dust + dirt
will then get ground into the soft aluminum pulleys...another dumb UST idea.
Jim VE7RF
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