Egads, bicycle cables have been lubricated for years.  A simple google search for "cable lubricator" will return an endless list.  The first listing was this:

 

I used the device, not the lubricant, for my Quad Cities Challenger II cables.  I have never lubricated the cables in my Lancair.  Anyway, check it out.

 

Grayhawk

 

Hi Bob,
Basically the "FruFru Duster" was passed on to a builder who died. 
Subsequently another Lancair builder did check out his shop, but
couldn't find the teflon injector.  So at that point it was a lost
cause.  By that point 16 parties had used it to lube their rudder
cable/Nylaflow combinations.  So far as I know, everybody was happy with
the results.  It definitely worked well for me.  I know Marv published
the writeup I did in his newsletter.  I still have the write-up and
pictures of the "FruFru Duster" construction.  So if anybody is
interested, I can email those files.

For those unfamiliar with the "FruFru Duster".  A discussion of lubing
cables with Teflon dust rather than oil took place in the Lancair
mailing list.  But the method as described required "lubing" the cable
with Teflon before putting it into the Nylaflow and installing the
Nicopresses.    I didn't want to tear apart an already built rudder
cable system on a flying plane, so I made the pressurized atomizer that
could directly inject Teflon dust into a functional  cable system on 
the plane.

Regards,
Charles Patton


Robert Pastusek wrote:
> I used the "FruFru Duster" and passed it along. Have no idea where it
> went...
> I still have some of the Teflon power if needed...
>
> Bob Pastusek
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
> Charles R Patton
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 3:57 PM
> To: lml@lancaironline.net
> Subject: [LML] Re: springs on rudder pedals
>
> My suspicion is that the cables are binding in the Nylaflow tubing. Have
> you "greased" the cables with Teflon powder?  Look at old postings about
> this.  I did a couple of postings and made a pressure atomizer that
> would inject the powder in tubing/cables already made up and in place. 
> It solved the problem for about 16 of us before it was lost in the shuffle.
>
> Regards,
> Charles R Patton  LNC2  N360JM  (still for sale -- see:
> www.myeclectic.info)
>
>
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