What's a good lube for a new clutch cable?

 

Now there's a good question. It's been brought up before and I believe lube is not recommended for newer bikes as the cables are coated with something.

On my small fleet of dinosaurs all I've ever done is grease the ball at the lever. I never have found any information in the FSM on it either.

 

I use inox.

 

Check out this recent thread....

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

 

@guitar4him

Thanks for the thread!

 

+1 for the INOX

 

Dri-Slide

 

The lubricant also helps protect the cable from corrosion. A friend of mine with a 2005 Fat Boy had the cable break. When we pulled the end out it was rusted through. This may be an isolated incident, but it seems like a good idea to use oil based lube on all cables.

 

Nothing!

 

Magnum Shielding says their new clutch cable comes prelubed. I normally use 8-10 drops of Tri-Flow.