Shortening Hope braided hoses
hucking_fell
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I'm going to shorten the Hope M4's steel braided hoses on the BFe. I've found a "how to" video on the Hope website but it is for the black standard hose, not the braided kind. My question is will I need to buy new brass olives or any other parts ? I don't want to start then have to be without the use of the bike while waiting for bits to arrive in the post. Thanks.
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Nope, no extra fittings required as the current ones are reusable.
Just have a bottle of DOT 5.1 and a bleed hose ready in case you're hamfisted.0 -
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Also, you may need to 'open up' the olive to re-use it... I did this with no problems.... may be worth digging for instructions on trimming the braided type as I remember soemthing about thrimming back the clear outer sheath when I did mine (back in 2006... hence the vagueness lol)vmgscot0
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I'll look at the end of the hose I'm shortening and cut the new end to be the same. I remember something about having to trim the outer as well, from when I crashed the Bighit and pulled the braided hose from the M6 lever. That was ages ago so I wasn't sure. I'll make sure to open up the olives a little too. Thanks
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