Does Dot 5 Work Good In Maggies?

[Revolver]

Bleed it in the bath.

You can watch it to see when the air has finished coming out, and so when the bleed is finished.

[J Trials 31]

Bled it with what little blood I had. Works amazing! Best it has ever worked. Got my own special grind ( mechanical engraver on every square inch of sidewall) and 44 Tango pads = absolutely sick! But I didn't make it to my demo. Oh well, I guess that's what I get.

Edited September 25, 2008 by J Trials 31

[j-bonham@hotmail.com]

mecanical engraver... you got a pic of your rim finished ? woule be interested to see it

cheers, john

[J Trials 31]

Nah, don't have any pics, but I might think about taking some updated pics and putting them in the Bike pics section.

How the crap do you have the name John Bonham? Famous Led Zeppelin drummer if you didn't know.

I always knew he was still alive!!

Edited September 25, 2008 by J Trials 31

[RobinJI]

DOT 3 and 4 are glycogen based. DOT 5 is silicone based. They are completely different. They use DOT 5 in Hope brakes, so why wouldn't it work in Maguras? Seals should be no problem with the silicone base.

Fish can breath underwater so I should be able to.

steel doesn't dissolve in costic soda, so neither will my face, think I'll go apple bobbing with a twist.

Because they're not the same maybe?

Hope breaks use dot 4 or dot 5.1 fluid. They're bled with dot 4 as standard though, and dot 5.1 is Glycogen based just like dot 3 and 4.

Put dot 3/4/5.1 fluid in a break designed for mineral oil, and it'll eat the seals, put mineral oil in a break designed for Dot and the seals will swell.

I wouldn't be able to say if dot 5 would work, I know it works in systems designed for other dot fluids however, so I would take an educated guess that it wouldn't. (This is not to say Dot 5 is compatible with the other Dot fluids, the system would need completely flushing before hand and all the previous fluid replacing with dot 5)

So yeah, Hopes can be used with dot 5, but I dunno about maggies.

[Mark W]

I'm still disappointed no-one made a seal killing/Canadian joke.

[J Trials 31]

Doesn't matter now anyway mate. Got it bled with leftover blood.

[forteh]

This is not to say Dot 5 is compatible with the other Dot fluids, the system would need completely flushing before hand and all the previous fluid replacing with dot 5

IIRC Dot5 is silicone based and much more susceptible to water absorption, it has a much higher boiling point though so is used more on the race track

[tom aky]

Waters useless itll corrode it use magura oil.

[Luke Rainbird]

90% of trials riders that run magura brakes use a water bleed

It's fine

Scrapping the fluid altogether, however, takes things to another level

[Token]

I use cooking oil, feals exactly same as maggie blood but costs £0.75 for 2 litres.

Where can I get your cooking oil for 75p for 2 litres? I run my van on it and have never found it for as cheap as that!

[Skoze]

Scrapping the fluid altogether, however, takes things to another level

You kids and your vee brakes!

[Luke Rainbird]

Only playing - a well set up maggie can be just as sweet as a vee

[Ash-Kennard]

Only playing - a well set up maggie can be just as sweet as a vee

and usually is...

[Mark W]

Waters useless itll corrode it use magura oil.

No. No, it doesn't. Even using a strong antifreeze and water solution doesn't 'corrode' 'it', whatever the 'it' is that you're refering to. Piston? Seals? Springs? Either way, it's bollocks and it doesn't.