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Best practices for disconnecting and reconnecting hydraulic brakes?

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rasch:
Why are u installing dry hoses? I think I'd skip that and use the old ones if still usable

stalkersk:
Not sure if you are using Sram or Shimano, but you are doing unnecessary steps. Just disconnect route and bleed. Sram nuts are so small you dont need to cut hoses and just reconnect it again. For shimano you are stuck with big nuts so new olive/barb. but again cut as short as possible. Also from my experience I didn't need to bleed Sram brakes even after multiple disconnects.

lantz:

--- Quote from: rasch on August 16, 2024, 10:50:48 AM ---Why are u installing dry hoses? I think I'd skip that and use the old ones if still usable

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Dry hose was just assuming I drained the hoses before disconnecting and pulling them, but the toothpick trick did a great fucking job.

lantz:

--- Quote from: stalkersk on October 28, 2024, 06:44:49 AM ---Not sure if you are using Sram or Shimano, but you are doing unnecessary steps. Just disconnect route and bleed. Sram nuts are so small you dont need to cut hoses and just reconnect it again. For shimano you are stuck with big nuts so new olive/barb. but again cut as short as possible. Also from my experience I didn't need to bleed Sram brakes even after multiple disconnects.

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Yeah, that's what I ended up doing. Shimano system. cut just enough to get below the olive/barb and pinned it with toothpick, ran everything again, good to go. Worked really well, tbh.

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