Barbed Hose End Fitting.

[trials owns]

hi,

i want to cut down my hosing on my hs33 for the front because its to long, does the long bit of hosing connect with a barbed hose end at the brake cylinders or lever?

right, so if it does how do you put the barbed hose end in? it says on tarty with a mallet and two pieces of wood. or is it connecting on the main hosing with a shroud nut and a olive on the end of the hosing?

cheers

Edited August 8, 2010 by trials owns

[Sam Styles]

if you are on about cutting the main hose down (lever to brake) then its shoud nut and olives... you just need a new olive to slide on the end of the cut hose, and when you tighten it back up into the brake or lever, the olive compresses onto the pipe

[Mark W]

Assuming you haven't changed it yourself, you should have a shroud nut and olive setup on there at the moment. It's pretty easy to check - you can take the hose out of the lever and check the end of it without losing any fluid (if you're careful!). All you should really need is just a new olive. Again, if you're careful, you should be able to cut the hose down without losing any fluid too, meaning no need to bleed

[trials owns]

cheers lads! me being carefull i might go back to a water bleed. any ideas what i should cut it with? i suppose scissors will do the job. i might get a hose cutter but not sure where to buy one.

[Sam Styles]

stanley knife blade... i take it out the knife and hold it in my fingers... i find it easyer to control and gives a cleaner cut

[trials owns]

stanley knife blade... i take it out the knife and hold it in my fingers... i find it easyer to control and gives a cleaner cut

ah yeah i didn't think about that think my dads got some blades somewhere, thanks.

[Sam Styles]

no worries... good luck with not spilling any fluid