CRC humour

[cyfa2809]

yeah it has a 'barb' which goes in the hose and the a 'shroud' which sits over the hose to hold it firm i presume

then the compression nut squeezes it against the inside of the lever body.

just that i cant get the 'shroud' over the outer diameter of the hose

 

[Khane]

is it along way off fitting ??
you could shave a little off around the tip of the hose so that the hose will fit through the shroud.

next question would be, are the bits supposed to fit together ?

as it sayd on CRC "A revised hose insert and compression olive for Hayes HFX-9 / El camino hydraulic disc brakes" is your brake either of those ?

it would be nice if there was a standard for these types of things, especially with different models from the same manufacturer.

 

[cyfa2809]

yeah your right, especially as many of the are so similar anyway!

well i have tried cutting off a lil of the black plastic outer, then cutting the braiding
and i have tried it at a couple different lengths
and i have tried to open up the olive a little (just bent it!)

but every time, i can still twist the hose with ease and then pull it off

other olives i have managed to get off covered the ends :?

(currently it seems to be on ok, it looks like it went over the hose a lil (gave it some a good bashing to get it on), but i dont trust it, i just figured it shouldnt move too much. until my new olive comes i dont trust it. but i reckon i will have exactly the same problem!)

 

[cyfa2809]

brake was ok as i set it up
how ever, new olive in my hand, seems to have a bigger 'shroud'
will get onto it later
off to take a picture

anyone go better than that??
(sharpies for reference.)

(the olive was only £2 posted )

 

[David B]

brake was ok as i set it up
how ever, new olive in my hand, seems to have a bigger 'shroud'
will get onto it later
off to take a picture

anyone go better than that??
(sharpies for reference.)

(the olive was only £2 posted )

Absolutely barking. At least my CRC boxes from recent purchases were the smaller, flatter sort you might expect hardback books to arrive in.

David

 

[cyfa2809]

it does flatten down to a book type thickness