Angelo,
I used Dot 5 in a 1978 Honda motorcycle successfully for about 5 years
and approximately 25,000 miles. It has been three years since I sold it
and I have not heard any DPO stories from the owner who lives in town.
Basically, all I did was change the fluid twice, rotating all of the
components to be sure all of the dot 3/4 was out.
The viscosities are different. The 3/4 will actually appears as little
blobs (balls) int the Dot 5 fluid when it is almost all out. Be careful,
it is really easy to get bubbles in the 5. They take a while to settle
out if you get them in the fluid.
I had no difficulty in bleeding the lines/calipers, but a bike has a much
smaller system to bleed. Also, I had no rubber/plastic related problems
with the riceburner brakes, but have not used the Dot 5 in my Norton yet
and no experience with a TR.
Good luck.
Jack Brooks
Hillsdale, New Jersey
'74 Norton 850 Roadster,
but looking hard for a TR-3
JIBrooks@Juno.com
On Wed, 18 Sep 1996 18:29:16 -0400 Angelo Graham
<a3graham@mc1adm.uwaterloo.ca> writes:
>Hello to the list:
>Questioning if anyone has had experience with using silicone brake
>fluid in
>a TR. I'm just in the process of rebuilding the complete brake system
>on my
>TR3A and was wondering if this would be a good time to consider
>changing to
>a silicone brake fluid. By all advertising accounts, your problems
>are over
>when you switch to this stuff. No more water in the fluid and rusty
>brake
>bits and for a car that sits for long periods it seems like the ideal
>brake
>fluid. I spoke to a MGB owner (suspicious) and he is using the stuff
>and
>maintains that it is great. However, have spoken to others and they
>maintain that it is difficult to bleed properly and it may have some
>effect
>on rubber brake parts.
>
>Any members with first hand experience with silicone brake fluid care
>to
>share their comments or impressions? Cost not a big factor here as
>the
>price of the stuff is coming down and if it as good as the claims, it
>should
>be a bargin in terms of money saved in replacing brake parts.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Angelo Graham
>1959 TR3A
>Waterloo, Ont. Canada
>
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