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[Closed] Avid Olive - can I use a Shimano or Hope olive as a replacement?

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As above, is there enough difference between these olives to make them incompatible?

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Posted : 16/07/2011 7:12 pm
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i would assume so as the avid is kind of recessed where it enters and the others are not. It might work but personally I would not chance it on a safety critical part.
I have not tried it


 
Posted : 16/07/2011 7:18 pm
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Interestingly SSC are using the same olives and inserts for all their fitting kits...

[url] http://www.superstarcomponents.com/Images/Hosefit.pdf [/url]


 
Posted : 16/07/2011 11:13 pm
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In my experience, Shimano yes. Hope no. Having said that, the Shimano olive was of a harder material than the original.


 
Posted : 17/07/2011 12:16 am
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I cant get olives where I am, and wasn't going to wait a week to order one...

I bought an 8mm olive from B&Q, chopped a section out with my dremel and pinched it to make it 5mm...

Works a treat.


 
Posted : 17/07/2011 6:52 am