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Old 12-05-2008, 12:47 AM   #1 (permalink)
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It's cold! Lube those speedo cables.

or suffer my fate and get to replace yours.

I should have known better. Years of muck built up and a cold day = end of speedo cable. Should have flushed and lubed it with something light. :
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Good call, man, thanks for the heads-up. I went through about a cable a year on the 'dent.

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