The really expensive, utlra-high boiling point fluids are extremely
sensitive to moisture according to the brake guy I listened to a month or
so ago. He said you need to pump through fresh fluid very frequently, and
don't use opened cans. Yikes.
At that rate I think the less expensive Castrol fluids make more sense,
and relatively frequent replacement is the ticket. You'll probably see a
nasty black color in any fluid that's not fresh. That's your seals being
dissolved. They all do it to neoprene except synthetic, and synthetic
brake fluid sucks bilge water IMHO.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Allred [mailto:robertallred@aros.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 2:38 PM
To: Mark J Bradakis; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Brake stuff
Simple solution - just tell your lead-foot co-driver to quit using the
brakes so much!
B.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 3:31 PM
Subject: Brake stuff
> I've been making some progress on getting the brakes fixed on the red
> race Spit, and if I bust my butt for a bit it may be ready to run at
> the March 29/30 IVR weekend. If not then definitely the April 12/13
> race, or the enduro in mid May. We shall see.
>
> What sort of brake fluids are folks using? Killer has DOT 5
> synthetic, standard rear shoes and Hawk Black fron pads. The brakes
> are good for about 16 - 17 minutes in one of our 20 minute sessions.
> Gee, I don't think I've ever had the red car out on course for a full
> 20 minutes, other than the enduro last year when the brakes caused
> problems.
>
> Is Castrol SRF the hot ticket, with a wet boiling point just over 500
> degrees? Is Castrol LMA sufficient if kept fresh?
>
> mjb.
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