Brake Fluid

[dirtrider]

Where can I get cheaper brake fluid for Shimano systems ? The bike shops want R90 for a very small bottle and I am not paying that . Will cooking oil work ?

[turtlek]

haha no cooking oil wont work but check wat the oil code is and i think its the same as dot 5 or dot 7 brake fluid as found in any garage shop or hardware store

[Hog_]

I remember reading something about mineral oil. I have Zinn & the art of mtb maintenance at home, there's a chapter on brakes. I can see what he suggests when I get home - if I remember.

 

 

 

[TNT1]

 

 

I remember reading something about mineral oil. I have Zinn & the art of mtb maintenance at home' date=' there's a chapter on brakes. I can see what he suggests when I get home - if I remember.

 

 

 

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pic broken, will get one...

 

Online at Jenson for 14.99 USD

TNT12008-07-11 04:41:58

[TNT1]

 

I believe MTB's use dot5.1, which at an auto parts store will set you back around a quarter of what it will at a bicycle shop.

TNT12008-07-11 04:47:41

[dirtrider]

No minaral oil and your normal Dot stuff is not the same . They say the normal brake fluid (Polyglycol) will mess up ur seals .

[TNT1]

 

No minaral oil and your normal Dot stuff is not the same . They say the normal brake fluid (Polyglycol) will mess up ur seals .

 

Well there you go. Shows, don't trust someone called bob

 

Also, once the seals are messed with the k@k oil, do you have to club them?

 

[Hog_]

 

No minaral oil and your normal Dot stuff is not the same . They say the normal brake fluid (Polyglycol) will mess up ur seals .

 

I remember reading something about the seals as well. I'll check the book when I get home, since I need to bleed my back brake as well.

 

 

 

[TitusTi]

Don't use brake fluid in Shimano systems! Bloody hell people!

You should be able to get it up there somewhere? I knew a guy down here who used to sell another mineral oil that worked as well, and 90 bucks got you alot!

[dirtrider]

They definitly say it will damage your seals , but will it really ? Don't somebody wanna try normal fluid and report back

[dirtrider]

sorry Titus we will not use normal fluid . But it help me absolutely fall that you "use to know a guy " !!

[TNT1]

 

 

 

I remember reading something about the seals as well.

 

 

 

Me too, but I doubt it was the same thing...

 

A sealer chooses his weapon depending on the conditions of the hunt.

You can only club a seal if you can climb down on to the ice next to

it, but the ice isn't always sturdy enough to support a full-grown man

and his hakapik. On the off-shore hunting grounds near

Newfoundland, the seal pups tend to sit on small, unstable pieces of

ice, so sealers must use rifles to kill them. On the other major

hunting ground?the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where the hunt began on

Saturday?the hunters take advantage of larger floes to leave their

vessels with clubs in hand. Conditions also vary from year to year:

This season's warm weather has led to thin ice shelves in the gulf, so

hunters have had to use their rifles much more than they typically

would.

Why not just shoot the baby seals? When you're firing from

a boat that's bobbing in the water, it's hard to get a good shot. And

if you don't hit the seal in the head, you're less likely to kill it

quickly. That means you'll either prolong its suffering (until you can

get close enough to club it), or, worse, you'll give it the chance to

shuffle off into the water with its pelt still on. Even if you killed a

seal with a shot to the body, you'd cost yourself some money, since

each bullet hole reduces the value of a pelt. Sealers also say that

stray bullets can ricochet off the ice and injure bystanders.

 

[AndreZA]

TNT, you are sick!

 

 

[TNT1]

Don't tell me it never crossed your mind as to why they are clubbed and not shot...

[Jackes]

No Hope !!!  

[TitusTi]

I was curious, thought it would be something simple like that.