So I've installed my new Avid juicy 5's but have a lot of excess cable
so what's the easiest way to cut them,and anything i should watch out for
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Cutting Avid juicy cables?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Hose.
Make sure you have new olives to reseal them. I find cutting the hose with a stanley knife works a treat, without needing to rebleed the brake. Unbolt from lever, cut, fit new olive and insert, rebolt. Easy.
I think the Avid instructions document this pretty well.
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^^ Would that apply to hopes too? My front has a slight bit of a leak on the caliper end after fitting braided lines
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I blunted 3 stanley blades trying to cut my Avid Hose's it's tough stuff.
The big long razer sharpe kitchen knife went through them mighty well however.
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Tinsnips worked well for me, Nice clean cut
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Little hose cutter (like a cigar cutter).
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Anyone know where to get an avid juicy 3 olive & insert (google fail to locate a UK source)
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Have to ask, but the fact that they're marked as 05/06 is irrelevent then?
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Is irrelevant, all the brakes use the same ones. You can recycle them if you're really desperate, but you risk stripping the master-cyclinder threads by having to overtighten to get a used olive to seal.
Posted 2 years ago #
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