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Re: Mushy ST Brakes



Paul,

It seems that if your solution worked as well that it was the kink in the
hose more than anything else.  I would expect the stainless lines do look
good too.

Zac

P.S.  Sorry to Martin.  I didn't know that you were responding to Paul's
e-mail.

Zac
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- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Fox" <pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: Mushy ST Brakes


> > >I know all of you have experienced this same problem, Mushy ST front
brakes.
>  >
>  >   I replaced the rubber hose from the reservoir to the Master Cylinder
>  >   with some braided stainless hose I had left over from a previous
bike.
>  >   I cut the hose to the correct length to avoid any kinking and have
had
>  >   no problems with mushy brakes since. It looks pretty good too.
>
> that line isn't pressurized, so i don't think the stainless aspect
> of your fix could have been what did the trick.  did you make the
> hose shorter or longer as well?
>
> paul
> =---------------------
>   paul fox, pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (arlington, ma, where it's 13.1
degrees)
>   'oh-oh Sprint RS, '91 VX800, DoD #1462, AMA #545601
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