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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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Does anyone have any TRICK ways of lubing clutch and throttle cables??
 
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Nobody here lubes their cables???
 
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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Do it as they say in the manual. Open up switch housings and hit them with Dri-Slide. It works for me. Takes about 5 minutes.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 02:59 PM
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Thumbs up on the dry slide..........

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Do it as they say in the manual. Open up switch housings and hit them with Dri-Slide. It works for me. Takes about 5 minutes.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 03:17 PM
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Dri-slide here also. You might want to do a search as there are lots of posts to answer your question better.
 
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Dri-slide too
Don't get those messy spray
 
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I forget the name but it is a tool that clamps on to your cable and the straw from the spray can fits in the side & you spray, it works great I will post a pic if I can.
just a couple of sprays and you can see the lube come out squirting from he other end of the cable I think I originally purchased it for my dirt bikes I have had it for years sorry I am not much help but I know its still available
 
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where can i buy this stuff

Originally Posted by anubisss
Do it as they say in the manual. Open up switch housings and hit them with Dri-Slide. It works for me. Takes about 5 minutes.
 
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Dri-slide cakes up. I used to buy dry slide, pour it out and use chain lube. Here is a good product

http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
 
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