Just to add, using air pressure to clear any piping/tubing that was designed for liquid is dangerous. A friend of mine had a blocked water hose, and decided to try to clear it using his air compressor. End result: a chuck of ice came flying out the end of the hose, nearly taking his eye out, and practically embedding itself in his fence.
Viggy On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:54 AM, stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]>wrote: > Just FYI - using air pressure to get the pistons out instead of hydraulic > fluid of the brake system can be dangerous. If they break loose suddenly > you may have a flying missle on your hands and that is not a happy feeling. > It would be best have it somewhere outside near the hose, to use water to > rinse off the brake fluid immediately upon completion; but even before that, > wax the surfaces in the area - including forks, which have clearcoat - to > make it less susceptible to the damage brake fluid can cause. > Hopefully, you cleaned out the grit of sanding thoroughly before > re-assembling, as it could cause some amount of premature wear of the new > seals. > > *Stanley* > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
