Caseih 8940 cables

Marko59er · Dec 29, 2008

I have a CaseIH 8940. The levers for the throttle and the shift are connected to cables that go to the motor and transmission. These cables are sticky or hard to more. I was told by the service manager they get dry or dirty and that I should replace the cables. They are rather expensive. Is there any way to oil the cables? There are rubber boots on both ends and pouring oil into the cable does not work even if you remove the rubber boots. One person said to use an air compressor to blow oil inside the cables. How could this be done? I am hoping someone out there has done it before, any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

IaGary · Dec 29, 2008

Do you store the tractor outside much?

I have found that cables on the linkages will gum up after letting the tractor set outside.

I have gotten wd40 to work into the cable by spraying on the exposed end of cable while someone is working the cable back and forth.

Inother words there is an inch or so of cable exposed when the lever is all the way one way.
Just spray a little oil on that part of the cable and the cable will carry the oil back in when it is moved. It takes a while on each cable but it will work.

I have done it.

Gary

Anonymous-0 · Dec 29, 2008

Check with motorcycle shop. A friend of mine has a cable lubber for his bike cables.Disconnect the cable on one end and clamp the lubber on it and it has a fine hole in the end for your plastic straw from your favorite skunk pee can that makes pressure and helps it get farther in then just an inch or two. I used it on the cables for my 18 year old western snow plow cable going to the pump and it worked real slick. I asked him wear he bought it so as I would buy my own and he could not remember wear he bought it . It has know name on it. I have looked half heartedly for one but can use his when needed so I have not gone to the end of the earth to find and buy my own.

Northeast puller1

Anonymous-0 · Dec 29, 2008

Last winter I put my new to me 7240 in the shop and proceeded to replace the shifting cable. Out of the tractor the old cable and the new one took about the same amount of effort to move! I returned the new one. I took a short piece of 3/8" fuel hose and connected a small funnel to one end of the cable, stood it on end, and kept filling the funnel with light oil over a few days.
I also did whatever I could to straighten the curves in the cable. That involved enlarging a hole in the bottom of the cab and altering the lower end anchor bracket(just above the fuel tank)
It took several tries routing the cable under the cab before I was satisfied it was at its best.
I was concerned that the oil in the cable might draw dust and eventually make it worse. That was a year ago and I am happy with the results.
The sad part is that I am convinced that there is no way a cable shift will ever work as easy as the linkage in my old JD 4020D PS.

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