*gentlydoesit Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 I want some clear hose for my brakes, because I think seeing the fluid would be cool. looking around at various industrial hoses and pipes I think I've found a few suppliers that are soooo cheap compared to propper maggy stuff (that's not expensive, but is still near twice the price). My only problem is that I don't know the composition of the plastic, obviously it needs to perform in the same way. Does anyone know what it is? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Nylon, and the size is custom. 3mm bore rather than 2.5 is a standard engineering size, which isn't up to the job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Ah, nylon . You can get allsorts of sizes in everything exept nylon (that ive seen yet) the closest one I've seen in nylon was 3.3mm any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Nope, even worse than 3mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Sorry, I read your post wrong, I thought you were saying it needs to be 3mm. http://www.airlines-pneumatics.co.uk/product.asp?ProductCode=S080001&prod= I could buy 30 metres of 2.5 from here, not that I want that much, but it was the only tab I had open with nylon stockists. Is this the right stuff? (On that page somwhere) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 No, 2.5mm bore, 5mm OD is what you need. You simply can't get it off the shelf, it's a custom product with related minimum order quantity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 My mate managed to find the right substitute and it was clear. Took him a long time, he went through a lot of different hoses before finding one which worked like the Magura hose does. It's not going to be easy to find something which will work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Ahh, I'm not giving up though Without having a chance to look for the right sized hose yet another idea occured to me, what about a smaller olive to suit the smaller diamiter hose? Or is it the burst pressure of the thicker wall on the maggie stuff thats the problem? know what that is btw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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