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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 09:39 PM
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brake reservoir tubes sweating

What kind of clear tubing for the brake fluid reservoir doesn't sweat brake fluid threw it. Have tried a couple types and they all have started sweating fluid threw them after a few weeks.
Old Jan 11, 2009 | 09:45 PM
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

You sure either end of the hose isn't leaking? That's what usually causes mine to "sweat".
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

Mine sweats but doesn't leak

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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 09:51 PM
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

There is no leak, the clear tubing sweats fluid threw it, the whole tube looks like a cold drink with condensation on it.
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

You should use steal braided line (the black stuff). Brake fluid eats the clear line over time that y its not used on cars. From what i have seen..
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

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There is no leak, the clear tubing sweats fluid threw it, the whole tube looks like a cold drink with condensation on it.
Yeah I know what you mean.

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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

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Thats what i was looking for, thanks!
Old Jan 12, 2009 | 02:53 AM
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

you pretty much need to use the rubber reinforced hose like the factory stuff. I used some soft grey fuel line that I had left over from putting a fuel shut off valve on my yamaha snowmobile, it was the exact same line that came on the sled from the factory, it took longer to start sweating than the clear but it did sweat...... whats the stuff from stuntsteel? is that from brembo? does it sweat over time??
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

i have delt with the same problems... but i just change the lines every few weeks... cause i gotta be able to see if theres air in the lines..
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

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hell yeah....ok... so what makes that one not sweat ....???
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

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i have delt with the same problems... but i just change the lines every few weeks... cause i gotta be able to see if theres air in the lines..
Haha, ya thats what ive been doing, if you wait long enough they will stop sweating but they turn white and you cant see the air bubbles any more, i like being able to see the air bubbles in the tube so its worth changing them out to me.
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

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Im thinking that you could only use these ones with a brembo master cause brembos use a smaller diameter tube than say a nissin master. Dont think it would fit on my nissin masters but i could be wrong.
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

Originally Posted by scandelous81
Im thinking that you could only use these ones with a brembo master cause brembos use a smaller diameter tube than say a nissin master. Dont think it would fit on my nissin masters but i could be wrong.
if you heat the end up with a lighter you can make it fit
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

If it sweats through its not brake fluid pipe
There are plenty of grades for hoses and I will check what brake fluid is
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

Originally Posted by mofat01
That company buys from Yoyodyneti.com and marks it up 1$ per foot, because that picture is from Yoyodyne's website and they sell it for $8...

Ive been buying that clear hose from Yoyodyne for about 5 years now..... Its the best clear hose Ive found in all those years
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

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That company buys from Yoyodyneti.com and marks it up 1$ per foot, because that picture is from Yoyodyne's website and they sell it for $8...

Ive been buying that clear hose from Yoyodyne for about 5 years now..... Its the best clear hose Ive found in all those years
Do they make a larger diameter hose for a nissin master not the smaller 6m hose for the brembo's
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

Originally Posted by JohnnyP
That company buys from Yoyodyneti.com and marks it up 1$ per foot, because that picture is from Yoyodyne's website and they sell it for $8...

Ive been buying that clear hose from Yoyodyne for about 5 years now..... Its the best clear hose Ive found in all those years
thats what i run and no sweat here
Old Jan 12, 2009 | 02:23 PM
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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

Originally Posted by scandelous81
Do they make a larger diameter hose for a nissin master not the smaller 6m hose for the brembo's
Yes Yoyodyneti.com carries 6mm, 8mm, and 10mm, back when I first started looking for this stuff they were the only ones that had this kind of tubing...That will never crack, harden, yellow, or sweat.....

After about a year it starts to get a little foggy, but it till never sweats or hardens....I still change it about once every year to keep it clear...

BTW a Nissin master should use the same 6mm size that a Brembo uses, the only time Ive ever needed the larger sizes was for rear masters on race bikes.....

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Re: brake reservoir tubes sweating

Thanks JohnnyP, was looking for the 10m clear hose found it on that site.
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