Swapping brake lines

[Jimmy2021]

Checked and mine as Shimano left and right, fixed reservoir, so can't be swapped.
Spent some time yesterday cleaning and fitting an xt wheelset with panaracer tyres, then I run out of daylight.
Got to address the brake swap another day.
It's incredible how much time it takes to clean everything when the final fitting is a 10 minute job!

 

[bikeworkshop]

Behind every 5 minute job lies...

an hour of preparation,
£100 worth of tools and
A year's experience.

 

[KayOs]

Behind every 5 minute job lies...

an hour of preparation,
£100 worth of tools and
A year's experience.

That's so true!

 

[KayOs]

Checked and mine as Shimano left and right, fixed reservoir, so can't be swapped.
Spent some time yesterday cleaning and fitting an xt wheelset with panaracer tyres, then I run out of daylight.
Got to address the brake swap another day.
It's incredible how much time it takes to clean everything when the final fitting is a 10 minute job!

I would get new olives to be honest.

 

[bikeworkshop]

I would get new olives to be honest.

That would be the proper job, but you'd need to cut the hose, fit new barb and olive. You might be able to still swap hoses without bleeding.

You can still fit new Olives if the quick swap didn't work.

 

[KayOs]

That would be the proper job, but you'd need to cut the hose, fit new barb and olive. You might be able to still swap hoses without bleeding.

You can still fit new Olives if the quick swap didn't work.

Completely agree.
For the background of my first post:

These are tasks that I usually mess up the first time. So I prefer to have all the parts there. I think there's nothing worse than messing something up and then walking out of the shed with nothing accomplished. It puts me in a really bad mood.

Also I wouldn't experiment with brakes (again) either and the olives are there to deform and thus seal. I had a brake fail once and that was enough for me.

But I agree with you, it can also work without problems.

 

[Cloverleaf]

Most olives have a second crank on them as they're soft aluminium. Is it ideal? Nope. Have I done it many, many times out of necessity? Yep. If you know why the rule's there, you can break it.

 

[bikeworkshop]

But when you're breaking the
"best behaviour" rule...
It's very useful to have a statistical estimate of the chances that you are heading for disappointment, and what lies at the end of that trip.

Getting it wrong comes in many different strengths!

 

[KayOs]

But when you're breaking the
"best behaviour" rule...
It's very useful to have a statistical estimate of the chances that you are heading for disappointment, and what lies at the end of that trip.

Getting it wrong comes in many different strengths!

I need this on my work shirt! Thank you!

 

[Cloverleaf]

But when you're breaking the
"best behaviour" rule...
It's very useful to have a statistical estimate of the chances that you are heading for disappointment, and what lies at the end of that trip.

Getting it wrong comes in many different strengths!

Otherwise known as the internal risk assessment! Useful in so many areas of life, but seemingly missing in many.