Lube Those Throttle Cables!

You can say all you want about teflon lined cables. My bike was brand new, I didn't lube the cables the first time for something to do, they NEEDED it. The drag gets worse and worse. Lubing the cables is in the manual.
 
Must be an individual thing. My ST's were never lubed in 180,000 miles and the throttle still snapped shut.
 
Last edited:
Never lubed my '95 1100 cables in the 19 years and 175,000 km I had it either. The '96 still not lubed either.
 
On my '99 1100, I crack open the h'bar throttle assembly every 2 years and splash in some engine oil. The cable ends live in a nice trough. I did too much the first time and had a mystery drip of oil down the back of the engine that had me worried for a while...:rolleyes:
 
Larry Fine said:
I remember from years ago that OEM Honda cables are Teflon-lined and don't require lubing.
Click to expand...
Also my POV on this matter... (actually can "lubricant" damage mentioned coating, so spill some WD40 in there and the cables will start to bind...)
I lube the contact surface between handlebar and throttle-tube (some adhesive water resistant white stuff) plus a small ammount where the bellcrank rotates inside the switchgear housing..
If cables start to bind (like >5 years or such), I simply install new ones (don't like to risk a breakdown over a broken throttle cable anyway...)
 
I've just booked my bike in with Honda dealer for new cables and to get my my oil filter loosened as I mentioned in another thread.

Bush said:
They don't come with lube from the factory . . .
Click to expand...

Service dept. said this NOT the case in UK i.e. the cables do come lubed!

I mentioned that I could not remove the cable from the throttle housing in order to lube them. He said that's the same with all modern Hondas and
the handlebar has to be removed to do so.

Furthermore, having replaced the cables they can be lubricated through the hole underneath the right-hand housing, to save having to remove the bars again. Don't recall reading that in the Manual?

Any comments?

Paul
 
??! Pretty sure that's a moisture drain hole, not a lube point! So you've filled the cavity in the housing, working the throttle a few times and then letting the excess drain? Not sure if the ST has them but I've seen throttle cables with little rubber nipples on the cable sheath inside the plastic turn signal housing. Not a whole lot of lube is going to get in.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom