R1 Forks - Impulse Buy

honkdawillydahonk · Post by **honkdawillydahonk** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:05 pm

Max wrote:It WILL eat paint.

Modern Dot.4 fluid aint that bad.... as long as you wipe it straight off. A mate of mine uses it for cleaning up grubby panels!

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:46 am

Fish tank air hose works well for bleeding brakes. Its clear and almost always the right diameter for the bleed nipple.

Post by **Max** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:19 am

honkdawillydahonk wrote:
Max wrote:It WILL eat paint.
Modern Dot.4 fluid aint that bad.... as long as you wipe it straight off. A mate of mine uses it for cleaning up grubby panels!

True. But leave it sit there for a while (overnight) and...

No problem while you're working on it. Spill a bit, wipe what you can and when everything is tightened down, rinse off with water to get the stuff you may have missed.

Olputt · Post by **Olputt** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:32 am

Kirk wrote:Fish tank air hose works well for bleeding brakes. Its clear and almost always the right diameter for the bleed nipple.

Kirks fish Blinky

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:06 pm

ha ha.

Obviously when using this technique it isn't advisable to re-use the hose in the fish tank!

burty · Post by **burty** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:07 pm

To bleed brakes, I normally use a long length (around 10 foot I guess) of windscreen washer hose. Which is probably the same stuff as the goldfish bowl hose. Put it onto the bleed nipple, open the bleed nipple, and suck on the end to draw the fluid & air out. Of course it's wise to keep a close eye on where the fluid is relative to your mouth. You could do the same with a large syringe and the clear hose.