E-brake Cable Lubrication Question

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gerahead

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I am restoring the rear axle assembly on my 71 Dart. I have cleaned up both of the e-brake cables since they both move freely. Has anyone successfully re-lubricated the cables inside the sheath? As I said, mine move freely, but whatever lube is left in the sheath is almost 55 years old. How did you do it? Any special tools? Thanks!

Jim
 

To loosen,, I drop the cables in the bottom of my solvent tank, under the sink, let them soak till needed.
Hang them over the sink and an occasional shot out my oil can to the top, till install.
 
Get some doo dads, hose, fittings, clamps, adapters, etc etc, and get a hose that will slip over the end and clamp it to the jacket. Adapt the the other end to the grease gun/ etc of your choice and pressure feed some lube down in.

In the old days, many of us around here did not use parking brakes in winter. We get a lot of freezing slush/ wet snow, and it gets into the cables and freezes. I was just relating a couple of stories of the old days to Rusty on the landline

When I worked in Spokane (Spokamentro) I was approaching the ID-WA line, and there's a WA weigh station exit there. The day was mid winter, about 10F, and the streets had thawed, temp dropped, and froze. It was a mirror of ice. There was a slow up coming towards state line, and as I finally got my turn to pull over and pass, here was a couple of women in a Citation......dragging the stopped rear tires down the freeway!!!. It was so slick, i guess it didn't matter. I actually honked, waved, and got them to pull over. Last I saw of them they were headed off the exit to the weigh scales. This was long before cell phones
 
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