Broke my clutch cable in Saturday Rush-hour traffic

[tberk at sbcglobal.net (T Berk)]

Captnbr@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 5/10/2004 5:57:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> tberk@sbcglobal.net writes:
> 1) What was the country of origin & the name of manufacturer of the 
> crappy cable?
> 
> 1.  Hmmm, not sure on that one

The reason I ask is there are different qualities of cables out there. 
This maybe one of the buy by quality, not price areas. I would think the 
manual, being as it fit's Rabbits (Golf 1) and such are a dime a doz but 
the self adjusting would be made by a lot fewer manufacturers.

This then might cut down on the chances of crappy product. It's feasible 
the manuals can last, if chosen with this in mind.


> 2) Did you, or do you, grease up the cable with axle grease at all?
> 
> 2.  Nope, never did.
> 
> Brian 86 16v
> 98 Jetta GLX Vr6
> __________________


I used (not axle but) bearing grease on my cables. Made em slippery 
'smood' & haven't had a failure yet.  I was (am) concerned about the 
grease allowing dust & grit to saw away at the sheath like sandpaper, 
but this happens from the cable itself anyway.

I'd be interested to see if anyone else (those that haven't bit bucketed 
me yet), have used grease on the cable.


TBerk