Brake bleeding systems

[ChrisMember]

singletrackmind wrote:

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menace wrote:

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my kato manual states that you should only use DOT5.1 fluid, or DOT4 if necessary.

dot5.1 has a wet boil point of 180 degrees C, and dot4 is 25 degrees C lower but will mix with 5.1.

never use DOT5 as it is a silicone based fluid and id dyed purple.

KTM gaskets and brake lines are not designed for dot5 and it should never be used!

hope this helps fellas

OMG!

I have just read this post back three times and it is informative, devoid of any sarcasm and makes perfect sense.

Are you OK Menace?

You just had to do it didn’t you STM, I was hoping for our first ever thread that stayed on TOPIC… :angry: :angry:

Chris.

[BillMember]

Had heaps of problems with brake fluid in my rally car dot 4 would boil on long down hills so i went to AP race fluid no boil but if you didnt flush it you would get sized calapers as its hydrascopic value is a lot less than dot 4 and all the moisture ends up at the lowest point of the system
I use dot4 and regularly flush it

no extra hole in bango bolt on any kato ive got or bled brakes onsome 5 bikes now??? sounds like dr 400 advice Boony ??

[glennMember]

who uses brakes bull????

[scott bockingMember]

chris72a wrote:

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singletrackmind wrote:

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menace wrote:

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my kato manual states that you should only use DOT5.1 fluid, or DOT4 if necessary.

dot5.1 has a wet boil point of 180 degrees C, and dot4 is 25 degrees C lower but will mix with 5.1.

never use DOT5 as it is a silicone based fluid and id dyed purple.

KTM gaskets and brake lines are not designed for dot5 and it should never be used!

hope this helps fellas

OMG!

I have just read this post back three times and it is informative, devoid of any sarcasm and makes perfect sense.

Are you OK Menace?

You just had to do it didn’t you STM, I was hoping for our first ever thread that stayed on TOPIC… :angry: :angry:

Chris.

Just keeping the dream alive Chris.

I am so close to telling work that I can not go to Vegas so I can get to Louee. I need excuses I can use. DVT is a starting point. Please add.

[glennMember]

Swine Flu would work:blush:

[dennis da menaceMember]

Boony wrote:

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who uses brakes bull????

if you learned to use them, you prolly wouldnt be buying new bars hey????

[ChrisMember]

singletrackmind wrote:

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chris72a wrote:

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singletrackmind wrote:

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menace wrote:

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my kato manual states that you should only use DOT5.1 fluid, or DOT4 if necessary.

dot5.1 has a wet boil point of 180 degrees C, and dot4 is 25 degrees C lower but will mix with 5.1.

never use DOT5 as it is a silicone based fluid and id dyed purple.

KTM gaskets and brake lines are not designed for dot5 and it should never be used!

hope this helps fellas

OMG!

I have just read this post back three times and it is informative, devoid of any sarcasm and makes perfect sense.

Are you OK Menace?

You just had to do it didn’t you STM, I was hoping for our first ever thread that stayed on TOPIC… :angry: :angry:

Chris.

Just keeping the dream alive Chris.

I am so close to telling work that I can not go to Vegas so I can get to Louee. I need excuses I can use. DVT is a starting point. Please add.

Hemoroids that explode when in a pressurised enviroment, that’d probably be funny but.

[GregMember]

I use a large Syringe from a vet, I drain most of the fluid from reservoir and fill the Syringe with new fluid and hold it against the nipple, push the plunger and crack the nipple and push the fluid from the bottom up thus pushing the air out, tighten the nipple up before you stop pushing the plunger. Use plenty of fluid to push it all through in one hit, works every time :laugh:

Over the years done most every brand of common bikes and never a problem

TB

[scott bockingMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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I use a large Syringe from a vet, I drain most of the fluid from reservoir and fill the Syringe with new fluid and hold it against the nipple, push the plunger and crack the nipple and push the fluid from the bottom up thus pushing the air out, tighten the nipple up before you stop pushing the plunger. Use plenty of fluid to push it all through in one hit, works every time :laugh:

Over the years done most every brand of common bikes and never a problem

TB

Was that the explanation of how to bleed a brake or my excuse for not having to go to Vegas?

[TrentMember]

Thanks TB. Did you just drop into the vets and ask for one or what? I might try a chemist, I think if I tell the vet I need something to crack the nipple and push the fluid from the bottom up they’ll probably arrest me

[GregMember]

singletrackmind wrote:

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Trailboss wrote:

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I use a large Syringe from a vet, I drain most of the fluid from reservoir and fill the Syringe with new fluid and hold it against the nipple, push the plunger and crack the nipple and push the fluid from the bottom up thus pushing the air out, tighten the nipple up before you stop pushing the plunger. Use plenty of fluid to push it all through in one hit, works every time :laugh:

Over the years done most every brand of common bikes and never a problem

TB

Was that the explanation of how to bleed a brake or my excuse for not having to go to Vegas?

As far as your excuse goes walk into work dressed in your purple hippo suit and start swinging your arse and patting air arse and they wont send you, why do I have to think of everything

Tb

[GregMember]

Austblue wrote:

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Thanks TB. Did you just drop into the vets and ask for one or what? I might try a chemist, I think if I tell the vet I need something to crack the nipple and push the fluid from the bottom up they’ll probably arrest me

Just walk in and ask to buy a huge syringe tell them why you want it, its all good

TB

[scott bockingMember]

Enough said TB. Thats why you are the boss.

See you in Louee.

[ChrisMember]

Austblue wrote:

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Thanks TB. Did you just drop into the vets and ask for one or what? I might try a chemist, I think if I tell the vet I need something to crack the nipple and push the fluid from the bottom up they’ll probably arrest me

I bought five 100ml ones off ebay for $8.00 not for the bikes though.

[ChrisMember]

Austblue wrote:

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Thanks TB. Did you just drop into the vets and ask for one or what? I might try a chemist, I think if I tell the vet I need something to crack the nipple and push the fluid from the bottom up they’ll probably arrest me

Also mower shops sell one that you use to extract oil from mowers when you need to change the oil. That would be ideal.

Chris.

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