G'day everyone,....
So what did you use to lubricate the cable?
Used engine oil perhaps?
After looking at your first pic it looks like your using some kind of cable grease,...?
Aussie.
It looks like old motor oil; what was it you used to lube the cable?
The Lube Order for the M44 series is confusing to me; it seems to call for both OE/HDO with is effectively engine oil and CW lube, which is chain and wire lube, which I assume in the civilian world would cross over to chainsaw oil................ (guessing).
I unspool the rope, inspect it, then take a brass bristle brush and clean it. Once it's clean and deemed serviceable, I have a funny oval shaped pan I bought at a flea market years ago, I pour about 5 gallons of the cheapest oil I can find in it and I run the wire rope through it, submersing it. I do this so the fiber core can get completely immersed and soak in the oil.
I then let it sit overnight and then I coat the exterior of the cable with a moly grease from Napa, although it's a generic brand.
Not sure if this is right, but I've been doing it 10 years without issue.
The wire ropes on these trucks require maintenance-especially since I'd wager less than 5% of deuces are stored indoors. I've seen soooo many trucks come out of surplus rusty. On the truck pictured above, it had some surface rust so I soaked the rope in Ospho, which is a rust neutralizer.
These ropes are expensive. The cheapest I have been able to buy the correct rope is $3.60 a foot.................. so multiply $3.60 times 200........ and then add the correct Esmet end you'll need to transfer your chain off your old rope onto your new rope. I think by the time you pay shipping on the rope, buy the rope, buy the termination and ship it, you're going to be close to a grand in a new one, so it pays to service the one you have, if it isn't beyond hope.
I do this once a year on my truck.