Always something new when Lubing tower cables ... my initial offering at
http://www.kc4pe.com/amateurshack.htm
Has been modified ..... I now use a special sponge, one brought out by the
"Sharks", ABC Friday nights, it's called "Sponge Daddy", it's a multi
pore/inch but has a heat cold contraction. The sponge has two round open
eyes , so I cut the sponge into the eyes double the sponge over the cable.
Then apply the lube as shown above...I tighten the sponge as taut as
possible then run the tower up and down lubing the cable/cleaning the cable
and the pulleys.
When finished the cable is shinny and clean and the pulley slots are also
shinny and clean ..
We then inspect our job by Sending the Parriot Drone 2 up and have it hover
one pulley at a time, inspect it on the video stream and run the tower
looking for pulley bearing problems....etc.
See the sponge on QVC's Web Site .... "Sponge Daddy"
-Bill ... KC4PE
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Grant
Saviers
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:13 AM
To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] How to apply lube to HDX589 cables
I've started lubricating the cables on my HDX589 with PreLube 6. For the
main spool cable, I applied the lube when lowering the tower by spraying
into a slotted plastic funnel on the cable. That technique worked very
well. But now looking at the higher section cables between the
sections, I'm wondering if there is a neat technique for application of
the lube to them? Get to the top with the tower down, spray, and hope
the lube runs all the way down the cable??
(not a revisit of lube/not lube cables debate please). btw Prelube 6
smells a lot like LPS2 or LPS3 so I might guess some of the ingredients are
the same.
Grant KZ1W
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