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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Problem Reverse Bleeding Disc Brakes
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<blockquote data-quote="oexing" data-source="post: 168241" data-attributes="member: 1493"><p>I guess you don´t have ABS on the bike. So your preparation for new fill is perfectly allright with silicon fluid. In case you want to be 300 percent safe about silicon you could soak seals for a few weeks in silicon and see if they swell . But I cannot see any modern seals do do this with silicon - but funnily silicon hoses get a bit softer with silicon fluid and I could see "sweat drops" on the outside of the hose. So I changed the hose for PVC plastic for connecting the tanks to the master cylinder. </p><p> What do you think I did with Jag E-Type , Ford Capris or Honda Clubman for preparations ? Some were rebuilt systems, some I flushed with alcohol (white spirit?) for washing the glycol out the system, had an airgun for drying the alcohol within and then got the DOT 5 - done for decades.</p><p> Yeah, ask the manufacturer - the answer would be obvious: Keep the old stuff and keep changing rusted and stuck components and buy new - as we used to do in the trade. </p><p> Maybe you know somebody in maintenance in the army as they specified silicon fluid for their gear - for good reasons . My gess, they don´t even remember if they got silicon in brakes - as they never have to deal with it - it lasts forever , no troubles. </p><p></p><p> Vic</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oexing, post: 168241, member: 1493"] I guess you don´t have ABS on the bike. So your preparation for new fill is perfectly allright with silicon fluid. In case you want to be 300 percent safe about silicon you could soak seals for a few weeks in silicon and see if they swell . But I cannot see any modern seals do do this with silicon - but funnily silicon hoses get a bit softer with silicon fluid and I could see "sweat drops" on the outside of the hose. So I changed the hose for PVC plastic for connecting the tanks to the master cylinder. What do you think I did with Jag E-Type , Ford Capris or Honda Clubman for preparations ? Some were rebuilt systems, some I flushed with alcohol (white spirit?) for washing the glycol out the system, had an airgun for drying the alcohol within and then got the DOT 5 - done for decades. Yeah, ask the manufacturer - the answer would be obvious: Keep the old stuff and keep changing rusted and stuck components and buy new - as we used to do in the trade. Maybe you know somebody in maintenance in the army as they specified silicon fluid for their gear - for good reasons . My gess, they don´t even remember if they got silicon in brakes - as they never have to deal with it - it lasts forever , no troubles. Vic [/QUOTE]
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