New brake hoses - lever end insert query

mattjevans

Installing some superstar brake hoses tonight. Can't for the life of me get the lever end insert fully into the hose. There is a 1mm (no more) gap between the cut end of the hose and the back of the insert.

Does that 1mm really matter? Looking at it another way, there is 9mm of insert inside the hose for the olive to crimp on...

02GF74

I would not like to use them like that - know what you mean though, sometimes it can be very difficult to get the insert fully in.

so far I have managed it but on one or two occassions it was a right PITA - I did wonder if putting the end into hot water to soften the inner liner would help with inserstion - but didn't need to do that .... actually better idea :idea: would be to heat up some brake fluid so that no water gets into the brake line.

cooldad

Hammer.

mattjevans

cooldad wrote:

Hammer.

Yeah, this did it.

theraggyone

Hairdryer to heat the end of the hose then it fits in way easier ,used a hairdryer on mine last night when shortening the brake hose worked brilliantly:-)

cooldad

theraggyone wrote:

Hairdryer to heat the end of the hose then it fits in way easier ,used a hairdryer on mine last night when shortening the brake hose worked brilliantly:-)

I don't have a hairdryer. I do, however, have a number of hammers.

Greer_

Yep, a hammer does the trick. Shimano give you a set of yellow blocks for doing this so you can clamp the hose while you hammer the insert in!

cooldad

Yep, I do have the little yellow blocks.
And I do have hair, I just don't blowdry it. Being a real man and all that.

craigw99

people have room for a hairdryer in their toolbox? whats the world comming to?

theraggyone

I dont have hair I shave it off , I didnt have the yellow blocks as brakes were secondhand and ii didnt have a vice either so the hammer was practically useless . Bike was in stand in living room and the girlfriend was watching tv she has hair so I nicked her hairdryer ,worked brilliantly but I suppose a heatgun would work even better:-) good improvisation I reckon :P

cooldad

I bet you borrow her lipstick too.

02GF74

theraggyone wrote:

I dont have hair I shave it off , I didnt have the yellow blocks as brakes were secondhand and ii didnt have a vice either so the hammer was practically useless . Bike was in stand in living room and the girlfriend was watching tv she has hair so I nicked her hairdryer ,worked brilliantly but I suppose a heatgun would work even better:-) good improvisation I reckon :P

I have more yellow blocks than I need - if you want a pair, send me pm and I will pop a pair in the post.

theraggyone

02GF74 wrote:

theraggyone wrote:

I dont have hair I shave it off , I didnt have the yellow blocks as brakes were secondhand and ii didnt have a vice either so the hammer was practically useless . Bike was in stand in living room and the girlfriend was watching tv she has hair so I nicked her hairdryer ,worked brilliantly but I suppose a heatgun would work even better:-) good improvisation I reckon :P

I have more yellow blocks than I need - if you want a pair, send me pm and I will pop a pair in the post.

Thanks alot mate pm set:-)