After a bit of a search it looks like the Goodridge Hose kit 107 is the one needed for the new XT brakes. Can anyone confirm this? Is it one kit per brake & therefore I’d require 2 kits to do front & rear?

And does anyone know which olives are required? The brakes come with olives with the silver insert, but is this specific to the cable the brakes ship with, or the lever/caliper? I’m sure I used the olives with the gold insert when shortening the Goodridge hose on a set of 2nd hand M775s I bought.

Internal hose diameter on new ones is bigger, so inserts are different but olives the same. Be very sure they fit before you buy goodridge.

Internal hose diameter on new ones is bigger

Internal hose diameter of new SM-BH90 is 0.2mm smaller than the previous generation SM-BH59.

EDIT – 785 have banjo connections at the calliper so 107 is correct.

M785s use banjo connectors at the caliper, whereas M775s don’t.

Is it? Looks bigger.

Comment on here: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Reviews.aspx?ModelID=4709&Useful=false&ReviewID=207537

Goodridge Kit 107, works with the new 2011/12 XTR M985/988 and 2012 XT M785 Shimano brakes….you will need to use the original Shimano banjo bolt and o-rings. They fixed the leaky stock Shimano BH90 hoses which fail at the factory banjo crimp!!!…..watch’em!!!!

I think I’ll bite the bullet & buy a kit & see if it works.

An update for anyone that happens to search for the same question;

Firstly I’m an idiot for assuming you need the shimano olive & insert with Goodridge hoses; you don’t.

Goodridge kit 107 is the one you want. You use the Goodridge banjo, but the stock shimano banjo bolt & o-rings.

The first brake took me a while to do, but only because I’d not fitted Goodridge hoses before. The second hose was fitted in about 10 mins.

Rondo101

Would you happen to know, if I can re-use the parts and fit this hose?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=2938

Cheers

I don’t think so. The shimano banjo appears to be crimped to the original hose, so not sure if you’d be able to just switch it over. Replacement hoses are shipped with the banjo already attached

OK, cheers for your help.

So i’ll need one of these as well?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=20424

or will i get away with just this?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=20447

The problem is I need longer than 170cm and the SM-BH 90 only comes in 170cm 🙁

*Edit – post reading fail. You’ll need most of the bits in the kit, so the latter link won’t do.*

Yep, although the full kit will work out cheaper. Hose is apparently ~2m long, if that’s long enough for you?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=4709

Thanks again, I’ll get my tape measure.

If 2m isn’t long enough & you need to buy hose separately then per brake you’ll need

2 x http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=20453
1 x http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=20445
1 x http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=20447

And use the Shimano banjo bolt & o-rings.

Works out slightly cheaper than the connector kit.

I presume you don’t need the shimano olive\barb because the Goodridge connector replaces it?

And are you sure the Goodridge Hose Connector M8 0.75 Male Fixed
Alloy fits the Shimano brakes?

Correct.
Collars on to the ends of your hose (don’t cut the plastic cover back; it’s a tight fit, but they will go on).
Screw the “M8 0.75 Male Fixed” into the lever.
Screw the banjo into one end of the hose.
Then screw the other end of the hose onto the M8 connector in the lever.
Connect the banjo to the caliper (work out the angle it needs to be at before adding mineral oil).