What do you use for speedometer lube?

green30coupe

green30coupe

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What do you use for speedometer lube? I am replacing another entire cable assembly after 2 years. I used the very thin graphite oil sold by most of the suppliers on the last one, but would white lithium or some other grease be better?
 
I put some grease in my left palm then drag the cable through it as I insert it back into the housing. I also give the housing a few squirts of oil as the cable goes in. I've always done it this way and never had a dry or broken cable.
 
Tom Wesenberg said:
I put some grease in my left palm then drag the cable through it as I insert it back into the housing. I also give the housing a few squirts of oil as the cable goes in. I've always done it this way and never had a dry or broken cable.
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Tom,
Do you just use Mystik Jt6?
Disregard, Tom. I found your previous post by searching (as I should have done to begin with!)
 
I've always used 3% Moly lithium base grease in speedo cables. It's black, not white. Never had a replacement cable done with it fail. Your results may vary!
 
For new cable, first used the recommended graphite in a tube -- appeared thin, so in addition, put a glob of white lithium grease on one end & pulled new cable through same -- probably won't live long enough to see it fail.

Speedometer was erratic, gear inside difficult to rotate when turned by hand -- removed hard caked grease inside & replaced with same white lithium -- gear now rotates freely.
 
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Flex shaft grease, that is used on string trimmers shafts works good. I get it at my lawn and garden equipment dealer.
 
I have always used good ole VASOLINE. It does not get stiff in cold weather and it doesn't run when warm.
MIKE :)
 
I had asked the Lubriplate Lubricants Company that question; What type of grease should be applied to automobile speedometer cables? There response was "we recommend LUBRIPLATE Aero".
 
FL&WVMIKE said:
I have always used good ole VASOLINE. It does not get stiff in cold weather and it doesn't run when warm.
MIKE :)
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That hasn't been my experience using Vaseline. I used to put it in all the light sockets (important for salt states) but when the bulb got warm the Vaseline would run all over the bulb. Now I use a high temp grease in the sockets.
 
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