waterman fuel pump drive cable lubrication

[dll67]

I am running a aeromotive fuel pump driven off my dry sump pump with a flexible drive cable from waterman and am curious what people are using for grease to lubricate the cable?
I spoke to waterman tech and they told me grease .. Nothing special ...
I believe when I ordered the cable from them I was told it's outsourced to another company who might have some different grease suggestions .. Anyone know who makes them for waterman?

[Dave Koehler]

Since it is an oversized speedometer cable the old standby is something graphite based. Good question though. I wonder what new lubes might work without being sloppy.
Ya know, if it is currently sticky you might want to pull it out and do a cleaning.

Google speedometer cable lube. All kinds of stuff.

[dll67]

I I wasn't real encouraged from watermans response to my question of a good lubricant. Initially my main concern was compatibility, some greases when mixed don't play well together. Waterman tech couldn't tell me what was in there as shipped, that's why I wanted to find out who made it for them. I guess I'll have to try and call them again and get more info.
Given what a 12' flexible drive cable costs I want the best grease money can buy, preferably compatible with what's in there. If I have to clean out what's in the liner and on the cable, I really would prefer to do it once.
The cable routing puts it between the headers and block, about a 1" gap, and the cable being nearly 7/8". The cable has the good corrugated heat resistant aluminum sleeve over a silicone sleeve with the cable housing inside. Still it's almost in contact with one header tube and close to a couple more. It's got to get pretty toasty in there.
I've run the cable as flat as I can through this heat zone in an effort to keep the grease from liquefying and running away.
I am fairly confident graphite isn't going to mix with what's in there now.
Thanks for the response

[Dave Koehler]

There might be an app for that.
https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywo ... azcxivvb_b

Google control cable lube. Boat guys have a lot to say on the matter.

How about a metal shield between the headers and cable? Kind of like used to be done with starters. All you need is an air gap between the two

[mag2555]

Disc brake synth wheel bearing grease.

[Warp Speed]

Mobile 1 grease

[dll67]

How about a metal shield between the headers and cable? Kind of like used to be done with starters. All you need is an air gap between the two

Right now I have http://www.thermalcontrolproducts.com/i ... ader-wrap/ around the ceramic coated header tubes in proximity to the cable assembly. The cable casing in the heat zone first has a layer of http://www.thermalcontrolproducts.com/i ... iresleeve/ over the casing then a layer of http://www.thermalcontrolproducts.com/i ... -sleeving/ over the casing and firesleeve.
The flex drive cable was built with these heat sleeving's, as suggested by Waterman when I ordered it. The silica header wrap I added for a small degree of additional protection, probably at the expense of the ceramic coating underneath it.

Disc brake synth wheel bearing grease.

Mobile 1 grease

Mobil1 synth disk brake wheel bearing grease sounds like the best place to start .. thanks for the suggestions

[dll67]

Mobil Infinitec 152
http://www.mobil.com/english-US/Grease/ ... initec-152
This grease looks impressive .. just not easily available, and then only in large quantities.

[dll67]

Spoke to waterman today, turns out they use delo ep2 in all there cables. A lithium complex grease compatible with the calcium sulphonate thickeners in the amsoil GWRCR-EA synthetic water resistant grease I chose to use this time.
The delo ep2 was not blue anymore after only a few hundred miles. I cleaned it out of the casing and off the drive cable before putting in the amsoil grease. Let's see if the amsoil grease holds up better ...