Shimano Mineral Oil, or best alternative? - Singletrack World …
Basically says Shimano and Juice Lubes mineral oil is the best. Juice lubes is fairly cheap and in-stock. I figure the faff and time taken bleeding brakes is worth more to me than saving a few ...
The great Shimano mineral oil drought of 2021. When/where can i …
Epic Bleed solution do 3 types of mineral oil (Shimano, Magura, Generic) and the description on all of them is that they are compatible with Shimano, Magura, Formula.
Alternative to shimano mineral brake oil? - BikeRadar
For clarity: Shimano uses mineral oil which is the same as LHM as used in Citroens, Rollers and quite a few other cars. Shimano stuff is red, LHM is often green. The colour makes no difference it's only a dye. DOT4 is glycol based brake fluid, it's …
Shimano and Magura brake fluids – Singletrack World Magazine
Shimano stuff will probably destroy the magura seals. They both use mineral oil, and I’ve seen quite a lot of people mixing shimano levers with magura calipers (it’s called shigura!) and using ...
shimano mineral, instead of magura royal blood? — BikeRadar
GHill Posts: 2,402. May 2010. supersonic wrote: I would say yes, though magura would say no. Which could mean that you would invalidate the warranty, if you care about that. Hi guys, Quick question, can i use shimano mineral oil in some julie brakes (building a budget bike for my bro in law) instead of the royal blood?
Shimano/Citroen mineral oil mixability? - Singletrack World …
mboy. Free Member. Citroen LHM is MUCH thicker than Shimano Mineral oil…. It will separate out if you mix the two, and in use it causes a lot more drag in the brake lever feel, and generally you ...
Shimano mineral oil equivalents. – Singletrack World Magazine
Full Member. Putoline HPX R 2.5 is what you want, gives a much better bleed without a wandering bite point. Same. It works better than Shimano mineral oil – easier bleed, no bite point wandering ...
Car mineral oil in Shimano brakes? - Singletrack World Magazine
Same here – always used brake mineral oil in Shimano, the “proper” stuff is just stupid expensive! you can pick up 1L of Shimano stuff for about £16. Okay it is more than car stuff but come ...
Does Shimano mineral oil degrade? - Singletrack World Magazine
Citreon mineral oil is more viscous than the official shimano stuff. It makes bleeding a little trickier. Also mineral oils tend to have different additives put in them depending on the application.
Shimano Mineral Oil Black - BikeRadar
Discoloration of brake fluid and that goes for mineral or Dot most likely is down to contamination, I don't think you can over heat mtb brake fluid, you saying that you had to pump the brake few times then it come back would point to leak in system, that could be down to seals ect., flash the system with fresh oil, I would say hold that brake ...