The early cables had an inner-liner that would stick to the sliding cable, the modified cables used "teflon" coated inner-liners. LUBEing the old one shouldn't make a difference as the liner remains stuck to the cable.

Nice job on instructions "csnow"!! How long did it take you to install the cable?

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