New brake hoses - lever end insert query

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...
Does that 1mm really matter? Looking at it another way, there is 9mm of insert inside the hose for the olive to crimp on...
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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.
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Yeah, this did it.
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And I do have hair, I just don't blowdry it. Being a real man and all that.
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2012 boardman team F/S tarting has begun..
1992 cannondale m1000 still going just
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Onza
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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:-)
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Onza
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