Mar 31, 2010 · I use silicone brake fluid in just about everything I fully disassemble and clean. I even (very sparingly) use Dow Corning DC-4 (a silicone O-Ring lube) to assemble the brake parts. I've …

Jun 3, 2005 · Silicone grease. An old tech taught me to use silicone grease on caliper pistons/square O-rings and also AC o-rings. I used the FoMoCo silicone grease (go figure) in the blue tube for this. In …

Jan 17, 2003 · 6) Silicone fluid is functionally incompatible with systems that have held glycol-based fluids for any length of time, requiring flushing and seal replacement (there are counter opinions on …

Jul 15, 2018 · Silicone brake fluid was developed for a military specification hummvees I think. That's where I first heard about vehicles using it. What vehicle do you have that is silicone based? DOT 5.1 …

Jul 2, 2016 · Not changing my brake fluid... just curious about what it is about the silicone brake fluid that makes it incompatible with ABS (which it most definitely is)

Dec 5, 2021 · Gentlemen, i am planning to switch the clutch fluid in Motorcycle from DOT 4 to DOT 5 (Silicone). I will rebuild the master and slave cylinder with new seals and clean the parts and lines …

Dec 14, 2002 · Regular brake fluid is hard on paint and who knows what else. What about the dot 5 silicone brake fluid? Mineral oils are bad for rubber, but silicones seem to be good for all but silicone …

Oct 26, 2010 · The previous owner converted to Dot5 silicone fluid many many years ago. While researching, I found numerous stories and warnings about trying to convert back to Dot 5.1 that I …

Jan 31, 2006 · The mixing of conventional glycol brake fluids and synthetic brake fluids must be totally avoided. The fluid types are not miscible (they will not mix together). This leads to system …

Dec 14, 2002 · DOT 5 is silicone. Brake fluids all the way back as-far-as I can remember, are synthetic. I have noticed in the past 10 years that some bottles/brands of brake fluid mention in large letters, …