Stu's Rusty Bucket

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Brake Fluid

At some point over the winter my GT absorbed a shitload of water and air and turned it into a lethal cocktail.. At normal room temperature the rear wheel is locked fairly solid, thats how pumped up the brake is.

Thats no problem I just need to bleed and flush the old fluid and put in some new stuff…

Sure… no problem right.

Try buying DOT5.1 brake fluid. Was gonna take a week and have to be sent from california and any savings I make buying online I loose in shipping.

I did the next sensible thing, I went to the local auto parts store.. Only DOT3 and 4. So I go to the local motor bike store.. nah he has DOT3 but some guy came in asking for mineral oil last week…

I then visit the bike shop behind where I work, they charge 40$ A BRAKE for flushing.. so I’d be out 80$ plus tax, plus they order in the oil on Monday and it gets there on Friday.

So I’m back looking at that Motul DOT5.1 in the shop in California…

And while I’m changing fluids I should probably change the pads too..

So now the problem I have is finding pads for my Hope M4’s in America. EBay to the rescue! Waaaiit a minute, most everything I can find is for the “newer” model the Mono M4’s which wont work for me. I have old-style M4’s.

ARGH!

Well there is one guy on Ebay with some old style M4 pads…

Maybe I should buy a few sets just to be safe..

In a perfecet world I’d upgrade from old M4’s to new Mono-M4’s or Mono-Mini’s or whatever they are called…

Anyway, I need to go order some Motul from California.