Shimano bleed block width

[DMan]

Can someone with one measure it for me please. I need one for my M785 Xts. I can pay with my eternal gratefulness? I've tried to buy one but they seem to be like hen's teeth and I'm not paying $30 freight off Fleabay......

 

[Boom King]

Not sure on Shimano but SRAM blocks are 11.15mm

 

[Calvin27]

lbs should have some. But if not and you need it soon, business card stack works well.

 

[stirk]

Feeler gauge works really well if you have one.

 

[Dales Cannon]

10.2 by my venereals.

 

[gregp]

If it's this one you're talking about, it's 10.00mm. Have one in the box here, and just measured it for you.

https://www.universalcycles.com/images//products/large/41799.jpg

 

[DMan]

Thanks folks, just what I was after. I'll just make a little wood block of 10mm

 

[teK--]

Pm me your address if I have one spare I'll send u for free.

 

[mark22]

Old pads

I lever the piston back with a set of old pads in and just pack up the remaining gap with whatever will then fit in. Works for me

 

[Live2DieTrying]

Save yourself the effort and just use a 10mm allen key.

 

[KouraKoura]

I find the yellow shimano blocks too big. Too much lever throw. These days I just use a pair of already contaminated pads (or buy some cheap resin pads and keep for this purpose), put the wheel on and bleed with an actual lever feel. I make sure to thoroughly iso clean the rotor before use though. This is on XTR9000's but should be the same with 785's.

 

[wkkie]

Save yourself the effort and just use a 10mm allen key.

Before I had a block that arrived with new brakes, I used this as well. Worked a treat.

 

[Knuckles]

Cut up the wife's CCs and laminate into the right thickness.

Two birds, one yonnie and all that...

 

[SummitFever]

...Two birds, one yonnie and all that...

Haven't heard the word "yonnie" since I was a kid visiting my cousins down south. You Mexicans sure for have some funny turns of phrase.

 

[Knuckles]

Haven't heard the word "yonnie" since I was a kid visiting my cousins down south. You Mexicans sure for have some funny turns of phrase.

As apposed to "sistercousin" you northerners use?

 

[DMan]

As apposed to "sistercousin" you northerners use?

Wife. It's called wife up here.

 

[SummitFever]

Wife. It's called wife up here.

Now you're thinking too far north...

 

[mark22]

Lever throw

If I bleed the brakes with the pistons pushed right in (retracted), opposed to a brake bleed block does it have any effect on lever throw?

 

[DMan]

If I bleed the brakes with the pistons pushed right in (retracted), opposed to a brake bleed block does it have any effect on lever throw?

Are you talking feel or throw? As in how far you pull them in before they bite?? Have you played with the lever throw screw?

 

[mark22]

Yes throw, feel is ok, the lever is almost at max adjustment.