i like cunning stunts Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Just got my sl rear brake which is bled with oil at the moment, its not even on the bike yet but just pulling the lever it feels so slow compared to a water bled maggy. I see stans running one on his new bike anyone know if he or other people have had issues with leaking due to a water bleed? Another thing i noticed on stans is a four finger lever is it a direct fit or is it modded some way? Haven't had a good enough look to see properley.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam T Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Just got my sl rear brake which is bled with oil at the moment, its not even on the bike yet but just pulling the lever it feels so slow compared to a water bled maggy. I see stans running one on his new bike anyone know if he or other people have had issues with leaking due to a water bleed? Friend of mine bled his Echo brake with water. It felt really nice, but it leaked at the cylinders. The bleed would literly last 6-7 hours, then it would come right into the handle bar with the TPA on fully. Think alot of riders run the echos lever bodys with magura cylinders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i like cunning stunts Posted February 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Friend of mine bled his Echo brake with water. It felt really nice, but it leaked at the cylinders. The bleed would literly last 6-7 hours, then it would come right into the handle bar with the TPA on fully. Think alot of riders run the echos lever bodys with magura cylinders. Gutted really didnt want to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Could try Phat phluid mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Could try Phat phluid mate? Well that's water so I can't see there being a big difference? I'm acutally quite surprised that you'd want a bleed with the new SL brakes, they're very responsive out of the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i like cunning stunts Posted February 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Well that's water so I can't see there being a big difference? I'm acutally quite surprised that you'd want a bleed with the new SL brakes, they're very responsive out of the box. Its second hand off here, if its responsive out of the box wouldnt hurt to do a fresh bleed with oil then.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Its second hand off here, if its responsive out of the box wouldnt hurt to do a fresh bleed with oil then.. You might have a problem finding the right oil. If I'm not mistaken it's much thinner than Royal Blood. Using a thicker oil will make the brake a lot less responsive. What I'm interested in is, if you use a water bleed on these brakes, will it still leak if you flush it and bleed with oil? I'd try a water/Phluid bleed but wouldn't like to ruin such expensive brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i like cunning stunts Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) You might have a problem finding the right oil. If I'm not mistaken it's much thinner than Royal Blood. Using a thicker oil will make the brake a lot less responsive. What I'm interested in is, if you use a water bleed on these brakes, will it still leak if you flush it and bleed with oil? I'd try a water/Phluid bleed but wouldn't like to ruin such expensive brakes. I think thats were the problem lies then as the lad I got it said its bled with royal blood, this is probably whats causing it to react so slow,, anyone have any idea what should be used then? Tempted to try a thin based dot oil? Edited February 3, 2011 by Jake-Ansell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcj9 Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Friend of mine bled his Echo brake with water. It felt really nice, but it leaked at the cylinders. The bleed would literly last 6-7 hours, then it would come right into the handle bar with the TPA on fully. Think alot of riders run the echos lever bodys with magura cylinders. that was me ^^^^ it leaks on the bottom of the 1st slave, the solution is just just to buy magura slaves which can be bled with water and dont leak. magura slaves are also cheaper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 ^ +1 Keep your lever and hosing and buy some magura slaves. You can always polish them down if you wanted the polished alluminium look like the echo slaves. Magura slaves also give you much more inwards adjustablitly due to the larger clamp area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Stan uses an old-style Echo SL lever body with a Magura 4-finger blade, with standard HS33 slaves. The lever blade needs a little bit of filing to get it to work properly, but nothing too major Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Dunstan Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Sorry to jump in on your thread mate. But when you water bleed a brake for the first time, what's the best way to flush all the oil out of the system first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 I think ideally you'd use a syringe, and pull the lever in so it pushes the oil out of there, and then force through a few syringe-fuls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Track pump and bleed hose works pretty well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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