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Silicone fluid Compatibillity (Wagner Brakes) 444-544

posted by  NSU P2 on  Mon Aug 2 04:17 CST 2004
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Here is the update on the conversion. I have soaked a wagner seal in the silicone fluid, and it seemed to survive just fine. It did not grow or get soft. I Then cleaned and rebuilt all the wheelcylinders (they say wagner/Lockheedon them), and blew out the lines w/air. and installed the master cylinder. The silicone seemed to bleed better than the dot 3. It took less since I knew that all the dot 3 was out of the lines. I still have to bleed it once more, and it will be ready for the road. Many of the articles that I red on the net warned about the silicone getting air in it from pouring or shaking it, It really does not seem to bubble if you are fairly carefull. The pedal seems just as good as the before the conversion. I still have to look the whole system over to make sure there are no leaks. I found one rather dangerous thing, one of the bolts for the driverside top a arm was missing and the shock rubbers worn out. If anyone has a bolt, let me know (M11X50X1.5).
thanks
Pete






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