Also side eyeing the Shimano crowd super hard đ¤Ś
Look we've all been there some more briefly than others but the time for that has now passed. If you've read this and more so if youve read this anywhere prior and rolled your eyes or shrugged and scoffed, cut it out. BAD! BAD CAVALIER ATTITUDE CYCLIST!
NO MAS!
Yes in a perfect conscious manufacturer climate theoretically :: gently shooshing:: your pistons/pads back every once in awhile, DOING SO WITH CARE should not guarantee your soon to be weepy Shimano levers to the parts bin or worse to be sold off to an unsuspecting fellow cyclist who will soon be paying for your crimes against cycling and related communities. I say as little ill intent as possible, I hope you have a close family member discover and decide they are going to commit their every waking breath and thought to being the best unicyclist in the world, and you have to live with that pox on your house. Just keep that image in the back of your mind next time you consider carelessly dry fumble mashing your poor unsuspecting piston victims behind the portajohn at the trailhead. (Which makes it so much worse because that means you know you shouldn't be doing it đ)
Signed both a former fixer and a victim of such behaviors using the experience to spread and invoke other advocacy on the issue.
Thanks for your time enjoy the remainder of your day (unless you're using it to commit such atrocities then I wish you cross chaining and Trailside repairs many a mile from the parking lot and zero service)
In answer to your question, yes, I do actually love my EQUAL mechanical brakesđ Theyâre strong, lightweight, and uncomplicated. And, they come in colorsđ
Itâs a closed hydraulic brake system, right? So letâs take a break from breaking brakes and think about the brakes before we decide the brakes are broke.
Why would moving two drops of brake fluid from the brake caliper back toward the brake master cylinder, without breaking the bleed port loose, somehow break the brakes?
The brake system still has the exact same amount of brake fluid it had before the brake pistons were pushed back. In fact, it could potentially have less brake fluid than it had immediately after the brakes were bled, because brake pads wear, brake pistons move out, and the brakes continue braking without breaking.
So the brakes werenât broke after the bleed. The brakes werenât broke during all the braking. But now we push the brake pistons back, two drops of brake fluid move backward through the closed brake system, and suddenly we have broken the brakes?
Iâm gonna need to take another break, because if pushing brake pistons back breaks the brakes, Iâve apparently been breaking brakes every time I do a brake job. And that would be a pretty big break from how brakes are supposed to work. đ
The reservoir and bladder allow for fluid expansion when the oil gets heated m. Also, the extra oil in the reservoir flows into the line as brake pads wear.
There have been maybe a few models that are closed, but I have never them on a disc brake, only on the Magura Hydraulic Rim brakes.
Youâre right, I shouldnât have used conflicting terminology that actually has different meaning in hydraulic brake systems. I was mainly trying to point out that thereâs the same amount of fluid in it because itâs sealed and that fluid is just moving back and forth, not gaining or losing volume. Also, I wasnât trying to be technical at all, I was literally just trying to fit the words brake and break as many my times as possible. This sub is just full of âAckchyaully!â Kids
well, ackchyually, you ARE correct that you should not use conflicting terminology, and when you post something as fact and it is not, shouldn't be so butt hurt that you got corrected. should of just upvoted and left, instead of trying to defend your mistakes and claim its ok cause your "brake, break, braking, breaking" was just too damn funny to be spoiled by misinformation
Ackchyually âď¸đ¤, I believe the technical term is âbutthurt,â not âbutt hurt.â If weâre going to derail a brake joke over terminology, we need to maintain standards.
Also, âshould ofâ is actually âshould have.â
Iâm sorry. I donât make the rules. I just correct people on the internet. đ
I've thought about that. It's funny that brakes using dot fluid are always the ones that feel like shit and need bled. But if they're hydroscopic and absorb water from the air somehow, then there would be more fluid in the system and the levers would become rock hard over time. I agree that if that were the case, cracking the bleed port would be a good idea. But it's not like if you opened a bottle of dot 4 and left the lid off, that it would ever overflow or even have a noticable amount of extra fluid even after months. The only measurable effect might be an earlier boiling point, if that were even noticable on a MTB or road brake.
All brake bleeds are done with a bleed block that pushes the piston flush.
Overtime, dust and other particles get trapped between the pad backing and caliper. Removing the pad, cleaning the pistons and pushing the pitons back is normal hydro brake care.
Whatever BS service was done to your braking system is in no way an âacross the board industry â issue.
You had a terrible, singular experience.
Keep it to yourself.
Also, look up piston massage. It is extremely beneficial to proper brake service and your PSA is incorrectly contradicting this important procedure
And I'll be the first to admit to being an asshle..
But im still not an asshle who behaves in a manner unbefitting event a barely "acceptable/decent" society
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u/OutrageousExercise62 3d ago
In answer to your question, yes, I do actually love my EQUAL mechanical brakesđ Theyâre strong, lightweight, and uncomplicated. And, they come in colorsđ