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Re: Brake fluid DOT4 or 5 ?

To: "Musson, Carl" <musson@chekhov.arts.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: Brake fluid DOT4 or 5 ?
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 11:50:00 -0700
Cc: "'TeriAnn Wakeman'" <twakeman@cruzers.com>, "'TR-List'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
References: <493E691D2E45D3119D640090277AF2B751BFD8@chekhov.arts.usf.edu>
Carl,
The biggest advantage is that the DOT 5 will not eat paint like the Dot4 and 
before will.

Joe

"Musson, Carl" wrote:
> 
> TeriAnn (et al) - if one has replaced all rubber and brake lines is there an
> advantage to changing to DOT5 vs. reverting to DOT4.
> 
> Thanks
> Carl
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TeriAnn Wakeman [mailto:twakeman@cruzers.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 1:40 PM
> To: Pat; TRlist
> Subject: Re: Brake fluid DOT4 or 5 ?
> 
> >I don't know much about brake fluid. I read in a web page that the person
> >used DOT5 rather than DOT4.
> >
> >Am I correct in that DOT5 does not peel off the paint ?
> 
> Correct
> >
> >They also said that to convert to DOT5 they had to use all new "Rubber".
> >What does this mean, all new rebuild kits that have rubber ?
> 
> This means replace ALL rubber that comes in contact with the brake fluid.
>  I had a lengthy conversation once with the person who wrote the test
> report for a fesibility test on using silicone hydraulic fluid for
> automotive brakes.  Brake fluids react with the rubber changing it's
> characteristics.  Traditional and silicone brake fluids react with rubber
> in different ways.  Rubber seals that have been immersed in traditional
> brake fluids will almost always leak soon after being introduced to
> silicone fluid.
> 
> So yes you should clean out the system (flush it with alchohol ideally),
> clean then rebuild all cylinders with new rubber and replace the brake
> flex lines when converting from traditional brake fluid to silicone brake
> fluid.
> 
> 
> TeriAnn
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