I have a 2011 Electra Glide with 9000 miles on it and I thought it was about time to oil the clutch cable. It looks like the only way to do it is to take it lose from the lever and hope that the oil runs down through the cable is this the only way to do it?

 

You can use one of these or dri-slide and some pumping (if the cable isn't teflon) or puncture a sandwich baggie, tape the bag to the cable and put oil in the baggie to cover the end of the cable and leave it overnight and let gravity do it's job...(not recommended)

I'm not sure you need to lube your cable, it's probably teflon coated.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...able-lube.html

 

That's what I do. I take the bar clamp bolts out, bungie it to the top of the windshield, and put drops of sae30 in there for about a half hour. I think that gets it done.

 

Dry-slide good stuff

 

I disassemble the hand lever to clean and grease the pivot pins at every 5K service, so the cable is disconnected anyway. Then, I make a "funnel" from light cardboard (like a file card) and duct tape, and pour about a tablespoon of transmission oil in the funnel and let it run down the cable.

 

Why wonder and worry? Buy a Harley Davidson Service Manual, and all will be explained.

 

been using a tube of this for 6yrs on mine

http://www.harley-davidson.com/store/harley-lube

 

I am pretty sure your clutch cable is teflon lined and requires no lubing. If you can see a white tube like cover on the cable do not oil it, it doesn't help. If you have to oil, i suggest you do not use DRY SLIDE as it cakes up at the bottom and makes clutch pull much harder than it should be. been there done that, nuff said

 

I dropped some motor oil down my cable at the lever and it made a HUGE difference. Much easier to pull.

 

You cannot use that Motion Pro cable lube tool on a Harley clutch cable - just won't slide over that big loop at the lever end of the cable.
I made a lube tool from a short piece (4-6") of clear hose that you have to push (very hard) over that loop at the end of the clutch cable. I use a small hose clamp to seal it to the cable housing and then put a couple of ounces of tranny lube in the clear hose. I can then push the oil into the cable with about 3-4 psi of air from my shop compressor.
Takes longer to type than it does to actually do it.