Maintenance

On Nov 27, 1:25 am, "Bert Willing" bw_no_spam_ple...@tango-
whisky.com wrote:
Yes. You don't lubricate cables in the first place.


Interesting!. Why not? I use LPS2 to lubricate the rudder cable runs
on my ASW-28 and did the same on my ASW-19b.

Andy

Why would you do that ?
In places where the cable runs along a pulley, there is no friction.
In places where the cable runs in teflon hoses, lubrication will attract
dust, and make the cable more abrasive.

Same goes with the roller guides of control tubes. If you lubricate them,
they'll attract dust and you will end up with intends in the tube.

"Andy" wrote in message
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On Nov 27, 1:25 am, "Bert Willing" bw_no_spam_ple...@tango-
whisky.com wrote:
Yes. You don't lubricate cables in the first place.


Interesting!. Why not? I use LPS2 to lubricate the rudder cable runs
on my ASW-28 and did the same on my ASW-19b.

Andy

Andy wrote:
On Nov 27, 1:25 am, "Bert Willing" bw_no_spam_ple...@tango-
whisky.com wrote:
Yes. You don't lubricate cables in the first place.


Interesting!. Why not? I use LPS2 to lubricate the rudder cable runs
on my ASW-28 and did the same on my ASW-19b.

I never lubricated the rudder cables on my ASW 20 (I flew it for 11
years), and I've never lubricated the cables on my ASH 26 E (13 years so
far). The maintenance manuals on these gliders did not call for
lubrication of the cables, nor did the friction increase while I owned
the gliders, and there was never any corrosion. So, without a problem to
cure, I never tried to fix one.

Did you have a problem that required a cure?

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