A little brake line upgrade pics

[OldOneEye]

I bought a brake line kit and installed it. Reused some rubber fittings from the old install to hold the line in place.
Fresh fluid was way over due... feels much stronger, probably more to do with the new fluid then the lines.

[Blues]

Looks great!  I need to do that too.  It's beginning to feel like my front brakes/lever/cables/whatever are sticking...

[Allan]

Wauw  Will do the same!

[Farther]

Was that Spiegler kit just a straight remove and replace?

[f6john]

   That's some dark fluid! Hope you took the time to rebuild the calipers too. My fluid didn't look that bad and I still had some nasty looking gunk inside my calipers behind the pistons. I still need to do my rear brake.

[OldOneEye]

Was that Spiegler kit just a straight remove and replace?

Yes I got the +3" kit for some risers that I added. I reused the two angle brackets that attach it to the forks for a real clean install. very easy, just be careful not to drip on your paint, the fluid will eat it.

[sandy]

   That's some dark fluid! Hope you took the time to rebuild the calipers too. My fluid didn't look that bad and I still had some nasty looking gunk inside my calipers behind the pistons. I still need to do my rear brake.

You don't really need to rebuild calipers to remove gunk in the system. Use a Mity Vac (or similar one man bleeder) and pull all the old fluid out. Refill with denatured alcohol and pull that through all the lines. Then refill with DOT 4 and bleed the system. Sometimes after bleeding you'll have to wait a couple of minutes for the alcohol in the calipers to rise to the top of the caliper and rebleed to flush it all out.

[gregor]

I bought a brake line kit and installed it. Reused some rubber fittings from the old install to hold the line in place.
Fresh fluid was way over due... feels much stronger, probably more to do with the new fluid then the lines.

Which is it Part Number in the first photograph?


Thanks
Gregor

[Ricky-D]

I don't feel that introducing alcohol into a hydraulic system is a wise thing to do.

My reasons are pretty simple.

Alcohol is water soluble and contains water.

Water in the hydraulic fluid is not recommended.

When you introduce alcohol/water into the hydraulic system you never get it completely out.

Therefore you have introduced contamination into the hydraulic system from the gitgo.

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[OldOneEye]

I don't feel that introducing alcohol into a hydraulic system is a wise thing to do.

My reasons are pretty simple.

Alcohol is water soluble and contains water.

Water in the hydraulic fluid is not recommended.

When you introduce alcohol/water into the hydraulic system you never get it completely out.

Therefore you have introduced contamination into the hydraulic system from the gitgo.

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I agree, I have a mighty vac so I sucked it all out. in fact did all three dot4 reservoirs. I will run with this for a month then re suck all new fluid just to get it clean.
dot 4 is cheap so it good to know that its clean.

[BF]

Was that Spiegler kit just a straight remove and replace?

Yes I got the +3" kit for some risers that I added. I reused the two angle brackets that attach it to the forks for a real clean install. very easy, just be careful not to drip on your paint, the fluid will eat it.

Which set did you order?  Got a part number?

http://www.spieglerusa.com/brakes/cycle-brake-line-kits.html

[OldOneEye]

I send Daryl Hoksbergen of XF6 Design an email with questions and he responded promptly. I bought the +3in lines, they came in the mail a couple days later.

http://www.xf6-custom.com/partpages/valbrakelines.html

I am a happy camper.... thanks Daryl.