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> Need advise from the cableshifter experts, Friction!
bondo
post Apr 28 2006, 10:42 AM
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I'm guessing there's nothing I can do about this.. but I'm asking anyways!

The cable that moves from the left-right motion of the shifter has more friction than I'd like. It's not a smooth and easy back and forth motion. Even if I straighten out the cable and not connect it to the trans, it still isn't super smooth. Is this just a characteristic of an 8 foot long cable? It's a 1/4" cable from mcmaster-carr, the corrosion restant type. Is there a way I can get oil into it? Would it help?

The shifter I am using has a centering spring on it that should keep it sprung to the 2-3 plane, but it doesn't work at all because of the friction. It worked fine in the Celica it came out of, but the cables were much shorter.
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