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Originally Posted by Sliver
Hey, I want to upgrade my mechanical brake calipers to hydraulic calipers just like in this video (the video is of the bike I own):
The only issue is the calipers he's giving the tutorial on are out of stock. I went to a bike shop yesterday and found these XT BR-M8000 Shimano ones.
Are all calipers a universal size, or is it possible if I buy the Shimano ones the installation won't be as easy as it shows in the video? The guy at the shop didn't know. |
If you look on the bottom of Rad brake there is a sensor that runs to the control unit. The first step would be to pull this sensor off and see if the bike still works. It looks like the cable could just unscrew. If after removing the sensor the bike still works you could just put on hydraulics and not worry about having a motor #### of switch. You can outbreak the motor easily if it stays on for seconds. What I am not sure on is that if the absence of the sensor would disable the bike.
If the absence of the sensor would disable the bike you could rig up the sensor like shown in this video. This way you could get a good set of Hydraulics and just repurpose the sensor. You’d need to dig in more than I have so far before you start taking things apart.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2UKtgSB2tOM
I believe this is the brake on the Rad so you can see how the magnet passes by the sensor.
http://www.tektro.com/mobile/products.php?p=92