Two post lift maintenance
I would not use grease, such as wheel bearing grease, it will attract dirt, and other debris..as mentioned before. Grease on the lift cable will not let moisture escape from the inner cable and it will rust inside the core. I use this type of spray on my motorcycle and bike cable.... it's made for this sole purpose. To check your cable use a shop towel and a glove wrap the towel around the cable and pull gently along the cable if it snags you should inspect the cable for fray wires. There is a inspection criteria for this, limits and how many wire frays per foot of cable. Me, if the lift is out of the weather and the car doesn't drip salt on the cable you should be good to go. Steel cables when made are pre lubed from the manufacture......
I would not use grease, such as wheel bearing grease, it will attract dirt, and other debris..as mentioned before. Grease on the lift cable will not let moisture escape from the inner cable and it will rust inside the core. I use this type of spray on my motorcycle and bike cable.... it's made for this sole purpose. To check your cable use a shop towel and a glove wrap the towel around the cable and pull gently along the cable if it snags you should inspect the cable for fray wires. There is a inspection criteria for this, limits and how many wire frays per foot of cable. Me, if the lift is out of the weather and the car doesn't drip salt on the cable you should be good to go. Steel cables when made are pre lubed from the manufacture......