Hi Rowland,
Master cylinders supplied with the Mono Kit, and the Europa caliper are set
up to use Dot 3 and Dot 4 fluid, no reason to try anything else.
Silicone Dot 5 will work, but no good reason to use that over 3 / 4.
Cherryade will attack those seals, no idea what 5.1 will do ?
The Matco calipers, as supplied in the Trigear Kit, are set up for cherryad
e.
The ''footbrake'' Trigear Kit will have the standard ''Monowheel spec' mast
er cylinders'' and a replacement set of seals and washers to convert the ma
ster cylinders to be used with the Matco calipers [ which are set up for ch
erryade ].
The stock of these seals at Europa are loose and unmarked, no one knows whi
ch ones they are?
My suggestion to them to dispose of the seals, and start again went unheede
d.
So in short Rowland, bin the 5.1, fill with 3 / 4 when you are ready..
Cheers,
Nev.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rowland Carson <rowlandcarson@gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:27
Subject: Europa-List: brake fluid
All the recent postings about appropriate fluids for the tri-gear finger-br
akes
as prompted me to think about what is OK for the monowheel brake system. I'
m
sing the standard Europa parts. My journal shows that, when fitting it, I
leaned up & lubricated my master cylinder with Castrol Girling Universal SA
E
1703 (which appears to be DOT3), and later I bought a can of DOT5.1 with wh
ich
o fill the system (when I get that far).
I note Neville's enthusiasm for the red aircraft grade brake fluid (what's
the
roper name for that? Can I get it from LAS, for instance?) but also that
uropa-supplied seals may be an unknown quantity with respect to what fluid
they
ike.
Is there any way (other than soaking them in a sample of fluid) to determin
e
hat seals I've got in my master cylinder and in my brake calipers?
If the seals held in stock by Europa are not identifiable, where else could
one
et seals properly identified as to type of fluid for (a) the monowheel mast
er
ylinder and (b) the monowheel calipers?
in friendship
Rowland
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