shimano brakes; swap olive fitting for banjo?

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shimano brakes; swap olive fitting for banjo?
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flag ismasan
Posted: Oct 13, 2019 at 15:49 Quote
I'm quite happy with my SLX m675 brakes, but looking at their price, I might but some m520 4 pot calipers to try.
They come with olive fitting, I've never heard of it myself, but is it possible to change them for banjos?
flag cobba
Posted: Oct 13, 2019 at 18:38 Quote
Look at how the hoses are attached to the calipers, the hose for the 675 is attached from the side, the hose for the 520 is attached from the front.

If you could attach a banjo to the 520, it wouldn't be a very good looking setup.

Get the correct fittings.

https://si.shimano.com/#/en/EV/BR-MT520

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brakes/shimano-deore-brm596-connecting-bolt-unit-y8kh98010/
flag ismasan
Posted: Oct 14, 2019 at 5:04 Quote
There are curved banjos, but my doubt anyway, is if it's even possible to do it due to threads having different size and location inside the caliper, or whatever.
flag cobba
Posted: Oct 14, 2019 at 7:07 Quote
ismasan wrote:
There are curved banjos.

Even if a curved banjo could be fitted, how would it look compared to the proper fitting hardware?

Banjos are a completely different way of attachment to straight hose fittings.

The parts you need are in the link above.
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