{"id":133335,"date":"2026-03-17T09:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtmprofessional.com\/faq\/the-cable-on-the-elephants-trunk-2-is-stiff-what-can-i-do\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:26:39","slug":"the-cable-on-the-elephants-trunk-2-is-stiff-what-can-i-do","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/gtmprofessional.com\/en\/faq\/the-cable-on-the-elephants-trunk-2-is-stiff-what-can-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"The cable on the Elephants Trunk 2 is stiff, what can I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cable needs to be lubricated.<br \/>\n1. Turn the screw of the balancer several times to create a little space between ring and knob.<br \/>\n2. Pull up the knob to release the tension, it\u2019s best to wear a glove or use a cloth when you do this.<br \/>\n3. Remove the knob, coil spring, screw and washers.<br \/>\n4. Pull out the cable completely.<br \/>\n5. Spray Teflon on a cloth and pull the cable through the cloth to lubricate it.<br \/>\n6. Mount back the knob and spring coil, make sure that the slot of the knob fits over the edge into the hole.<br \/>\n7. Turn the knob counter clockwise until the ball touches the top, you now have the right tension.<br \/>\n8. Mount back the washer and screw, pull the cable in and out several times.<\/p>\n<p>Also watch our instruction video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ET2.2 Lubricating a stiff cable\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vORB3Nj7Xxg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[3578],"faq-cat":[3580,3579],"class_list":["post-133335","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","tag-en","faq-cat-et","faq-cat-product"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtmprofessional.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/133335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtmprofessional.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtmprofessional.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtmprofessional.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtmprofessional.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133335"},{"taxonomy":"faq-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtmprofessional.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-cat?post=133335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}