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Hi, got to shorten the hoses on a new set of brakes and was wondering what mineral oil to get in case I have to bleed the brakes thru completely. Shimano stuff looks expensive and have heard that you can use generic stuff from halfords?
Mineral Hydraulic oil is pretty much all the same (prepares to be contradicted). I use LHM from halfrauds, or wherever, as I have had a number of Citroens which used it. Lovely stuff. OM-15 would also do if you can get hold of it at work!
Citroen suspension oil (I think it's called LHM) from Halfords.
When i tried to buy some shimano oil from the LBS and they didn't have any, that's what they sent me to get, confessing that was what they used on their own bikes rather than pay shimano prices. The only reason they couldn't use it on shop bikes is cos it's the wrong colour!
If you're shortening hose that have already been built up you'd be fairly unlucky to need a top-up. Just make sure you've got a new olive and insert and aren't expecting to reuse the current ones!
im shortening my hoses tomorrow and i presumed the brakes wuld need bleeding after? brand new slx brakes, got the olives and inserts so if im careful they wont need a bleed?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?PartnerID=79&ModelID=5620
Bought me one of those 3 or so years back. Was a couple of quid cheaper mind. It's not hydrophilic it lasts for ages...used about half the bottle over the 3 years and i bleed quite alot of brakes.
I use the halfords mineral oil in my shimano disc.
lots of handy hints to help you do the job on this thread:
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/swapping-hoses-over-on-xt-brakes
I got the halfords LHM oil myself.