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  • Shimano hydraulic banjo fittings
  • tops5
    Free Member

    Anyone know of a Uk source for these?

    Really struggling

    I know you can buy them already crimped on the hose but I’ve already spent hours threading a length of hose internally and can’t face starting again!

    jam-bo
    Full Member

    Tape old hose to new hose, pull through. Sorted.

    pothead
    Free Member

    Feed a gear cable through the brake hose, remove the brake hose then feed new outer using the gear cable which is already through the frame, shouldn’t take more than 5 mins. Not 100% sure about this but I think Shimano brake hoses only come with the banjo crimped at the caliper end, fitted one to a lads bike last year and I’m sure that’s what he’d been told when he bought it

    nixie
    Full Member

    Don’t think you can buy them separately other than their party ones.

    sillyoldman
    Full Member

    They made them when the original 4 pot XT brake around 2000 went from metallic hoses to standard plastic coated hoses, but were discontinued long ago.
    As suggested above, thread a gear cable through it and use that as a guide for the correct hose.

    cp
    Full Member

    As above, Shimano ones only come pre crimped to the hose.

    Re thread with a new hose is the only option really. It’s easy though as above – just make sure you thread something through to guide before your remove the hose you’ve already threaded.

    tops5
    Free Member

    Thanks for the replies, I wasn’t really after tips for threading the hose through.

    Should have said I’m after 3rd party fittings

    BadlyWiredDog
    Full Member

    There are loads of them on amazon. No idea how well or badly they work, but they do seem to exist.

    Tracey
    Full Member

    Not sure if they will fit your hose

    https://www.uberbikecomponents.com/category/436/Hydraulic-Replacement-Fittings

    If it was me I would just replace with the correct hose and banjo.
    Never had a problem with threading one through the frame.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    I assumed that the OP had already cut the banjo off an existing hose and threaded the cut end through the frame.

    Personally, I’d just buy a new hose and chalk it down to experience, using the cut hose to guide the new one through.

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