What type of hose can I use for brake fluid?

What type of hose can I use for brake fluid?

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KingNothing

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Tuesday 30th October 2012
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I'm going to overhaul the brakes on my motorbike, on the rear brake theres a pipe which feeds the brake fluid by gravity to the rear master cylinder, the pipe is just compression clipped at either end, and looks to be made of regular black rubber. I'm wanting to change this when I overhaul them, to maybe something transparent, or a blue colour to match the paint scheme of the bike.

I was wondering, if something along the lines of a polyurethene or PVC type clear hose, or a sillicone rubber based hose would be ok to run with brake fluid, or would the type of material the hose is made out of and the brake fluid react with each other and cause degradation to the hose?

I don't think the hose ever gets under any great pressure as it's before the master cylinder and like I said just looks to be a gravity feed from the reservoir.

Cheers

KingNothing

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3,175 posts

155 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Pothole said:
How much is the correct part online?
About £18, there's nothing wrong with the hose that's currently on, and when I modify it, and put on the new alloy reservoir I have there's nothing to stop me using it, was just after something a bit more aesthetically pleasing, and wondering what the options are as I know brake fluid doesn't really like paint, so just wasn't sure if there were certain types of rubbers or plastics it didn't react to, too well to either.