Spare tire cable

[KeithStone76]

Do any of you put a lubricant on the spare tire cable? If so, what do you use?

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[Phylodog]

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that if you were to simply spray it with some WD40 you'd be ahead of 99.95% of the other vehicle owners in the country.

 

[KeithStone76]

I thought of WD-40, but I'm sure it'll attract dust and dirt pretty good. Now that you mention it, I think WD-40 makes a dry lube. Maybe I'll give that a whirl.

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[JB1]

Maintenance would be a good idea for these.

maybe lower down, spray some lube at least once a year?

Last year I tried to lower the spare on my daughters truck and it would only come down a few inches, had a helluva time getting it down. I tried every YouTube trick I could find but nothing worked. Luckily it lowered enough so I could cut the cable. That part was over $100 too.

If you find some good lube for this let us know.

 

[Badger 13]

I use a cable lube that is used on wire winch rope. Seems to work well.

 

[grizzstang]

On my old F150 it rusted in place and had to cut the cable to get the spare off. After I bought a new one I made sure I soaked it in Fluid Film inside and out every year and it never happened again. I am going to drop the doughnut spare that came on my truck and replace it with a full size spare soon and when I do I am going to soak it with Fluid Film unless the guy at Krown got it good when I had my truck in there in September.