CB500 upper front brake hose routing

[Bryanj]

No i dont have the covered stuff, just the hose and fittings left over from a few years back

[SPR]

Might be the change of route will loose some of the excess hose - worth a try just cost a  bit of brake fluid.

Yep worth a go

[SPR]

Good shout by Ted ......

Stripped the calipers to give it a quick coat of paint and flushed the system to use DOT5 .... rerouted the upper hose and also the two throttle cables

The hose may still be a little long but a test ride shows all works as well as before and the headlight area certainly looks better for moving everything

Thanks

Simon

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[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Just a word of caution Simon the Silicon Dot 5.0 is not miscible with any other brake fluid - if possible use only after a full dismantling with clean master cylinder, caliper innards, flexi hose & pipes.

If you have just drained the master cylinder & pumped out the fluid using some Dot 5.0 as a flushing agent then after standing for a day I would pump out some fluid from the caliper bleed nipple into a glass test tube or similar to check for traces of the old fluid.

The new silicone fluid  will float on top  - the old fluid will be in a puddle at the bottom like a sediment.

PS Don't ask how I know this.

A short ride might help the shake down.

[SPR]

Just a word of caution Simon the Silicon Dot 5.0 is not miscible with any other brake fluid - if possible use only after a full dismantling with clean master cylinder, caliper innards, flexi hose & pipes.

If you have just drained the master cylinder & pumped out the fluid using some Dot 5.0 as a flushing agent then after standing for a day I would pump out some fluid from the caliper bleed nipple into a glass test tube or similar to check for traces of the old fluid.

The new silicone fluid  will float on top  - the old fluid will be in a puddle at the bottom like a sediment.

PS Don't ask how I know this.

A short ride might help the shake down.

Thanks Ted

All was cleaned prior to use but there could still be residue in the hoses so I plan on further changing of fluid again in a few days

Thanks

Simon