Lift Cable failure

[cugrad90]

No, my cables haven't broken.

But as the owner for several months now of a very well kept 2400 Classic (thanks Treeclimber!) I'm wondering, is it inevitable that at some point a cable will fail?

I intend to keep up good maintenance in lubing the cables, but I'm not great at that sort of thing.

So, are there long time Hi-Lo owners who've never had cables break? Can regular maintenance prevent there ever being an issue? Or, is it sort of inevitable at some point that one or more will break?

I should add that in addition to being a well maintained unit, it is dry stored in my pole barn here in Central Florida.

Hoping to hear that most never have a problem!

 

[ROUGH RIDER 3]

Lube with oil pulleys under the trailer as well as the pulleys in the walls. Wall pulleys can begotten to when top is raised. Use a spray oil lube, not WD-40, as it is a solvent.

 

[retiredcamper47]

It is inevitable that a cable will break. I had my last unit 13 years and had one cable break. Took it to J&R and had Rob & Jim replace all 4 cables. The other 3 had raised and lowered the same amount of times as the broken cable so had them replace all four. A chain is as strong as it's weakest link.

Bob

 

[sam-HILO]

lubing cables

Another forum member recomended Break Free as a good product to use for pully and cable lubrication. It is found in the gun dept. at Walmart. It cleans protects and lubricates. It is about $8.00 a can. We have been using this product for years and DH likes it.

 

[RichR]

Blaster sells garage door lube, and also chain and cable lube that works well. They keep the cables lubed but don't collect dirt and dust. Walmart sells them.