hope rotor question

icedmind

hi there
im asking a question for my mate
will a 160 hope floating rotor work on a pair of avid juicey 5 which is mount on a pair of pike?
what type of oil will work best on avid brakes? do minerial oil work on them or dot5 work better?

Jimbob_no5

it says on the resevoir which oil to use, mineral oil is only in shimano brakes, it'll be dot 4 or dot 5 for avids, i dont see any problem why is wouldn't work however the avid calliper will be designed to work with the rotor provided same with hope, hope callipers are small to fit their rotors


hope this helps
jimbob

cjw

icedmind wrote:

will a 160 hope floating rotor work on a pair of avid juicey 5 which is

I read somewhere, but don't know for sure, that the hope floating rotor can be made to work with Avids, however you have to cut the tabs off the Avid pads as they hit the Hope fouling connectors between the spider and rotor parts.

icedmind

the point i asking for minerial oil is they run better on shimano's and there is no need to rebleed every year
anway thanks

nicklouse

and the point is you can NOT use mineral brake oil in brakes designed for DOT oil.

so your Avids use DOT and DOT ONLY.

Oh and they use DOT 4 or DOT 5.1 they do NOT use DOT 5 as DOT 5 is silicon based and is not compatible with any other system.

icedmind

cheers nick
i ll tell my mate to be aware of these
thanks