{"id":17998,"date":"2014-09-10T22:02:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T02:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=17998"},"modified":"2014-09-10T22:02:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T02:02:23","slug":"vinyl-tube-for-shimano-brake-bleeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/10\/vinyl-tube-for-shimano-brake-bleeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinyl Tube for Shimano Brake Bleeding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/acquired_stuff\/IMG_8029.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Watts 1\/4&quot; OD 1\/8&quot; ID Polyurethane Micro Fuel Line works nicely for attaching to Shimano brake calipers and Luer lock syringes.\" src=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/d\/106316-2\/IMG_8029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Shimano XT hydraulic disc brakes on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2013\/04\/25\/new-bike-2013-salsa-el-mariachi-ti\/\">Salsa El Mariachi Ti<\/a> seem to need bleeding\u2020, but one of the tools that I had to purchase before doing so was some vinyl tubing for the caliper end. I found that <a href=\"http:\/\/media.wattswater.com\/ES-PolyMicroFuel.pdf\">Watts Polyurethane Micro Fuel Line<\/a>, 1\/4&#8243; OD x 1\/8&#8243; ID seems to fit perfectly. As pictured above the ID slips snugly\u00a0over the bleed port on a Shimano brake caliper and both the ID and OD fit\u00a0nicely\u00a0on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luer_taper\">Luer lock<\/a> syringe. At ~$5 for a 10&#8242; roll at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homedepot.com\">Home Depot<\/a> one has to purchase much more than is\u00a0needed for a single brake job, but it could easily be shared with friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020 First symptoms were the brakes rubbing slightly after a sustained descent. Now they are rubbing for a brief moment after almost any use. I suspect there is air in the\u00a0calipers and it&#8217;s heating and expanding, moving the pistons outward. Bleeding should address this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shimano XT hydraulic disc brakes on the Salsa El Mariachi Ti seem to need bleeding\u2020, but one of the tools that I had to&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/10\/vinyl-tube-for-shimano-brake-bleeding\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vinyl Tube for Shimano Brake Bleeding<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18001,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17998\/revisions\/18001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}