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[Closed] MT520 caliper with XT M785 levers?

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Is anyone running the 4 pot MT520 calliper with XT M785 levers? Does this work okay and would the hose used on M785 be fine?


 
Posted : 24/04/2020 11:31 am
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I’ve done it, seems to work fine.

Edit. The end fitting is different on the XT calliper, you’d need to replace the banjo with an olive and insert.


 
Posted : 24/04/2020 12:49 pm
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I know of a couple of people that have done it. I've got MT520's (MT501 levers) on my HT, was planning on buying a set of Deore M6000's I think for another bike and then swapping the rear MT520 caliper onto the front brake of the Deores, so I have a 4pot front and 2 pot rear on both bikes, as I prefer to have a much less powerful rear brake than the front.


 
Posted : 24/04/2020 12:53 pm
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Obviously officially nope but never had a problem the other way and using a BH90 olive and barb on the DH59 hose in levers... its 0.2mm difference ID so in reverse that's putting a BH59 barb into a hose 0.2mm bigger...


 
Posted : 24/04/2020 12:59 pm

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