Re: Kutter's bike: DOT 3 vs. DOT 5
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:36 pm
As you can all see from Kutter's before and after pictures, If you use DOT 5 in a DOT 3-4 system, the whole bike will disolve.
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Re: DOT 3 vs. DOT 5
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:04 pm
hi ME 109 , thats doesnt look very pretty and it does look very expensive to repair . good talking peice when mates drop around that havnt seen it before .
Re: DOT 3 vs. DOT 5
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:19 pm
Top Triple Clamp is from San Jose BMW,
CC Products. (www.sjbmw.com)
CC Products. (www.sjbmw.com)
Re: DOT 3 vs. DOT 5
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:37 pm
Is that triple clamp DOT-5 compatible?
Re: DOT 3 vs. DOT 5
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:51 pm
hal wrote:Am I wrong or could the mixing of dot 5 and "proper" stuff be catastrofical. Say if there's some leftovers of 5 in the system after a change and you fill up with 4 or 5.1..
Or is it the plain 5.0 that can ruin thiongs and make them swell?
I think Me109 would be the expert on this.
Re: DOT 3 vs. DOT 5
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:41 pm
Ahem, thank you ZM.Zombie Master wrote:hal wrote:Am I wrong or could the mixing of dot 5 and "proper" stuff be catastrofical. Say if there's some leftovers of 5 in the system after a change and you fill up with 4 or 5.1..
Or is it the plain 5.0 that can ruin thiongs and make them swell?
I think Me109 would be the expert on this.
I think the best way to resolve this issue is to look at it mathematically.
If we subtract Dot4 from Dot 5.1 we get 1.1. That's 1 (point)1. Not to be confused with Dot 1.1 because that was superseded by Dot 1.2 in 1922.
So with the resultant 1.1, we add that to Dot 3 because they are compatible, and we end up with Dot 4.1 which we can see is a full Dot below Dot 5.1 which could become very confusing.
So, we round down the Dot 4.1 to Dot 4 and keep an eye (or two) out for leaks.
Problem solved.
Edit, I thought it appropriate to point out that I can't see how thoings can be ruined, and swell at the same time.
Use Dot 4 and things will be swell.
Re: DOT 3 vs. DOT 5
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:50 pm
I thought it was was DOT 5 that would make everything swell.ME 109 wrote:
Edit, I thought it appropriate to point out that I can't see how things can be ruined, and swell at the same time.
Use Dot 4 and things will be swell.
Re: DOT 3 vs. DOT 5
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:01 pm
That was an intentional swelling mistake Major.Major Softie wrote:I thought it was was DOT 5 that would make everything swell.ME 109 wrote:
Edit, I thought it appropriate to point out that I can't see how things can be ruined, and swell at the same time.
Use Dot 4 and things will be swell.
Re: DOT 3 vs. DOT 5
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:19 pm
That's just swell.
Re: DOT 3 vs. DOT 5
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:22 am
Please, allow me.Major Softie wrote:That's just as well.
