[AT] [Bulk] Re: OT lubricating a cable

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

Wow, those folks have got a serious selection! I'll hang on to their info, 
you never know what you may need in the future. I haven't had tome to work 
on mine since Sat., too much field work to get done. I have located some at 
a salvage yard for a very reasonable price. Hopefully I can pull mine off 
tomorrow night and get it freed up. If not, I'll be ordering one from 
somewhere.

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: Thomas O Mehrkam
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 7:30 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] [Bulk] Re: OT lubricating a cable

https://www.cccables.com/default.aspx

Another outfit.  Most of these places have a part number cross
reference.  I know this place has some John Deer cables.

On 11/3/2014 9:58 AM, Gunnells, Bradley R wrote:
> John, sounds like you've gotten many good suggestions on how to lube the 
> cable. I have an old Ericson skid loader that uses push/pull cables to 
> steer the unit. Moving snow one winter I got some moisture in one and over 
> time it became almost unusable. I was looking at how many pivots and 
> linkages I'd need to convert it to the same system on the Ford skid loader 
> (Ericson made them for Ford before the NewHolland version).
>
> In my research I found a place called Midwest Control Products. In 
> addition to supplying cables they had an online program to build your own 
> cable. If you don't want to give Deere $200 you might try them. 
> https://www.midwestcontrol.com/linkage/mainpage.html
>
> They built a couple control cables for me and the price was well below 
> what I had expected. This was many years ago but it might be another 
> option. I couldn't believe how smooth that machine operated afterwards. 
> Well worth the $$.  So it might be worth you time to check out. If it's 
> sticky now, it's likely to do it again in the near future.
>
> No association other than a satisfied customer.
>
> Brad
>
>