DavidD wrote on 01/21/08 at 15:22:21:John,
Thanks man, that's the kind of thing I wanted to hear.
I'm gonna wait a while on the brake line though. Sure, the line itself is only $35, but add in two $10 banjos and two $10 bolts and a pack of crush washers, and it's closing in on $80. So for now I'm gonna do the pistons and wait on the line until after income-tax time. Its not like I'm gonna ride anytime soon... maybe I'll find a deal on eBay.
Wow - this has to be the first case I've seen of something being cheaper in the UK than it is in the States.
I just bought a Goodridge braided brake line (complete assembled line in the retail shrink wrap with banjos) for the Savage for today for £15 plus postage, came to a total of $34.
I thought
everything was cheaper West of the Atlantic!
Brake fluids - DOT 3 brake fluids are mixtures of glycols and glycol ethers. DOT4 contains borate esters in addition to what is contained
in DOT 3, so 3 and 4 mix just fine. These brake fluids are somewhat similar to automotive anti-freeze (ethylene glycol) and
are not a petroleum fluid. DOT 5, I think, is the silicone stuff (
don't mix with the others).
There are also the mineral oil brake fluids used in some Rolls Royce and Citroen cars - they are in effect plain old machine hydraulic oil, and won't mix with any of the above.