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Noob question - must the brake / clutch fluid reservoirs be mounted high?
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Noob question - must the brake / clutch fluid reservoirs be mounted high?
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Can it be mounted lower than the master cylinders? All pics seem to show high - gravity feed?
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Re: Noob question - must the brake / clutch fluid reservoirs be mounted high?
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You can get em low
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Re: Noob question - must the brake / clutch fluid reservoirs be mounted high?
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Thanks, but will there be a problem in feeding the system if mounted lower than the master cylinders? I have always assumed that the fluids are gravity fed.
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Looks like the bike in the picture has the levers rotated around the bars to point slightly downwards and the resevoirs are mounted horizontal to the brake cylinder, but are still above it so they are gravity fed.
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The reservoirs need to be at least level with the lowest part of the hose or inlet of the master.
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Quote from: slowkitty on March 14, 2012, 07:15:44 PM
gravity feed?
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Re: Noob question - must the brake / clutch fluid reservoirs be mounted high?
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Quote from: howie on March 15, 2012, 06:19:02 AM
The reservoirs need to be at least level with the lowest part of the hose or inlet of the master.
+1 unless you want an air bubble to be in the wrong place at the wrong time....
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