Haakon
has an accommodating arse
Geez this Shimano oil sounds good it's a wonder every car and motorcycle manufacturer hasn't ditched DOT brake fluid and got onto it.
Was used in every hydraulic suspension Citroen.
Geez this Shimano oil sounds good it's a wonder every car and motorcycle manufacturer hasn't ditched DOT brake fluid and got onto it.
Geez this Shimano oil sounds good it's a wonder every car and motorcycle manufacturer hasn't ditched DOT brake fluid and got onto it.
It's a safety issue. Water is heavier than oil and the two don't mix, whereas glycol and water do mix. If you ran oil in a car, and managed to splash water in the master cylinder, it would end up sitting in the lowest point in the system ie the calipers. So you would have a fluid with a 100 degree boiling point sitting in the part of the system that gets the hottest...... not good.
Thanks @T-Rex have wondered about this myself.It's a safety issue. Water is heavier than oil and the two don't mix, whereas glycol and water do mix. If you ran oil in a car, and managed to splash water in the master cylinder, it would end up sitting in the lowest point in the system ie the calipers. So you would have a fluid with a 100 degree boiling point sitting in the part of the system that gets the hottest...... not good.
So the other day at harcourt my Guide RE's were acting a bit strange. Everything fine on the first two runs, but on my third run I had this strange thing were the break would come on too suddenly from a gentle pull (front only), but then was fine. Is the wandering bite point thing common on SRAM too? Thought it was a Shimano thing.