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Hi,
as per the title really, cheapest I can find hoses is £20 (1700mm) but then I'll need to buy a bleed kit (£12) and a bit confused what the kit includes as I've seen a yellow funnel thing (£4) knocking about that doesn't appear to be in the kit........
Can someone please just list exactly what I need (basically I need to put a longer hose on my brakes to suit my new frame)
thanks
If you have M775 the yellow funnel is no use, thats for the 'new' brakes like M785. What you need is appropriate hose with the right fittings. For M775 the hose is BH59 (or equivalent), and the fittings are the longer shroud nut, olive and gold barbed hose insert at both ends. Then you'll need some Shimano (or equivalent) mineral oil, a yellow bleed block is useful, as are the two plastic 'hose grips' to hold the hose while you insert the barbed hose insert. All other bits are optional, but choose what you like to make the process of bleeding easier (or less messy!) like syringe, plastic pipe, bottles etc. CRC and others sell all these bits & pieces.
Note: Avoid the BH90 hose, banjo fittings, shorter shroud nuts, silver barbed inserts, and yellow funnels, these are for the new generation of brakes like M785, and are not compatible with your M775s.
The following shows how to shorten a hose that's already full of oil. You can adapt as appropriate for a new hose... [url= http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CF8QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbike.shimano.com%2Fpublish%2Fcontent%2Fglobal_cycle%2Fen%2Fus%2Findex%2Ftech_support%2Ftech_tips.download.-Par50rparsys-0008-downloadFile.html%2F02)%2520Brake%2520Hose%2520Trimming.pdf&ei=JGe7T4XkIKWtiAf79MmQCQ&usg=AFQjCNHCg1QuK1AyMQiuo1oqSVG8cuC-FQ ]instructions[/url]
Excellent - just the advicew I was after, thanks perthmtb 🙂
You're welcome!
Here's the nut/olive/insert kit at CRC - [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=1741 ]linky[/url]
And here's just olive/insert - [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=1801 ]linky[/url]
Thinkin bout it, you will already have the shroud nuts, so just get a new olive and insert for each end. If you buy somewhere else, just make sure you get the gold coloured one that's for BH59 hose, the silver one [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=69605 ]here[/url] is for BH90.
Here's the Shimano [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=663 ]oil[/url] , and when it says bleed kit, all that means is you get a small bottle of oil, a tiny length of plastic tube to attach to the bleed nipple, and a placky bag to drain it into. You'll have to buy the BH59 hose, yellow bleed block and hose clamp elsewhere, as it doesn't look like CRC sell those...
If you resent paying over the odds for shimano stuff, clarks do a kit on CRC which should have the bits you need for 2 brakes for about £15 IIRC.