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Old 03-04-09, 04:31
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Alex McDougall
 
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Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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Default Silicone

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Originally Posted by Phil Waterman View Post
Alex I’m willing to bet that your friendly brake experts feelings about silicon brake fluid was centered around the rubber parts compatibility issue and the differences in tolerances between modern systems designed for silicon and those systems designed for regular DOT 3. Which is a very good point to consider.
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Originally Posted by Bob Carriere View Post
I would not consider using old, seemingly good, brake lines and would not try to flush them clean but rebuild the whole brake setup...... expensive.. Yes..... but so stopping a CMP on the rear end of a Honda.
Hi Phil and Bob, and Neil,

So the brake man was probably thinking just that, that at the end of the day Safety and not using other objects (or people) to stop against is paramount.
Thanks for all your info - much appreciated.

Regards

Alex
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