[AT] OT lubricating a cable

jtchall at nc.rr.com jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sun Nov 2 05:07:09 PST 2014


Maybe someone here has a great idea other than me giving Deere $200. The transmission shift cable on my 3300 combine has gotten really hard to move. I’ve unhooked it from the transmission and it is still hard to move. The gearshift lever and the quadrants are not binding, they actually are so loose they need the bushings replaced. This cable is about 15 ft. long if I had to guess. The OD is about 5/8-3/4” so  I imagine inside there is a 3/16 or 1/4” cable or rod. There is one damaged spot on the cable where it got into a pulley years ago and wore away the rubber casing. Beneath the casing it is wrapped in wire strand. I can separate the strand slightly and spray penetrating oil, but haven’t forced it open enough to see what's inside. Unless I am missing something, you can’t pull the cable apart. Last night I rigged up a hose clamped on one end filled with a few ounces of diesel fuel. Hooked this up to my air compressor with the tank valve barely cracked open. I’ve got the hose positioned so the diesel is around the cable. I’ll check it this evening to see if the fluid went up the cable or if the pressure managed to bust something—I wrapped some rags around it to keep the mess down! Any ideas how to free this thing up?

John Hall



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