"zxcvbob" wrote in message
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...on a bicycle that hasn't been used in a while. It doesn't look rusty,
but that's probably what it is.

Liquid Wrench, or WD-40?

Bob

What we used to use back in the motorcycle days is soak in acetone, and try
to work it loose. Most times, though, it needed replaced. What is great is
to take the whole cable out of the housing, but then you have to cut it,
making a clean cut, and then to reinsert it all the way through, you have to
solder the end to make it smooth enough to pass through the housing without
catching. A lot of times, unless it was a specialty rare cable, or
expensive, it was just easier to replace the whole thing.

HTH

Steve

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