ACHTUNG: Formula Oro timebomb

[rapsac]

Entschuldigung, mein Deutsch is sehr schlecht, daher im English

Hello, just found out the following:

My rear (right hand side) Formula Oro was losing its pressure point a bit, so I thought it was bleeding time...
(note that I just installed brand new Monkeylite CNT risers a couple of weeks ago)
So, I remove the master piston from the bar and found this (see pictures)
Aaargh, the brake is leaking from it's membrane that is hidden in the lever housing.
There is an air hole in the lever attachment (see picture) which enables the membrane to expand when the brake fluid gets warm.

It is through this air hole the DOT fluid is "guided" to my carbon bar....
There was some fluid on the inside of the clamp and when I inserted a small piece of paper in the hole it came out wet...

So, a one off? No, my other brake lever has the same problem! :kotz:
If you look closely at the pictures you see the paint of the lever clamp has bubbles and is already flaking off because of the DOT fluid.

You could call this bad luck... I call it a shitty design. When you search the forum for other posts you can see that I have had (other) problems with the Oro's before. This was a replacement from Formula Italy.

So, maybe you should check if your Formula Oro's are eating your carbon bars too.

(I guess I won't get a new carbon bar from Formula)

rapsaC

 

[meyerlein]

... and i wanted to buy a formula oro....

 

[Bayker]

shit happens. really bad !!!!!

 

[hampelmensch]

Thanks for the important information! maybe you could tell us which series they are from and/or if there are the same designfailures at any other series. This goes out to all formula owners !
Thanx

 

[MO_Thor]

I have an Oro K24 - since last Sunday (first ride) the pressure point isn't there. I was able to pull he lever straight to my handle bar. Back at home i saw the brake was leaking at the rear caliper where the tube goes into the caliper.
I gave the bike to the mech who made the assembly. He changed an o-ring at the rear caliper....but still there is no pressure point. The brake blocks after pumping a while, but thats not what i need at a bike

After removing the piston from the handle bar i noticed some DOT on the bar and the inner parts of the piston. So i think it's the same problem like rapsacs.

But the other Oro K24 at the front works perfect...

i apoligize my awful english

 

[Znarf]

Ahhhh,
ich hätte fast eine gekauft, aber weil die K18 in 200mm und Hinterrad nicht verfügbar war, hab ich mir Saints bestellt.

MAN bin ich froh, und das ist jetzt kein SCHADENFREUDE Beitrag!
Ich leide mit euch, ich hatte letztes Jahr mit nem Wheeler Rahmen und ner (Halbvorserien)Pike ganz böse daneben gegriffen.

Hoffentlich funzt bald alles wieder gescheit!

Grüße Znarf

 

[Kayn]

man liest echt immer mehr negatives über die oro, wenn man bedenkt wie populär die bremse doch im vergleich zu anderen scheibenrbremsen ist, deutet wohl alles auf gravierende quallitätsmängel hin, was bei dem Preis und bei einer BREMSE echt nicht fair gegenüber den kunden/opfer ist.

 

[MO_Thor]

Formula scheint eine sehr große Serienstreuung zu haben - weil wie ich schon sagte, die VR-Bremse ist astrein.
Ich möchte meine Bremse eigentlich ungern einschicken, zumal ich zwischen Himmelfahrt und Pfingsten mit dem Bike wegfahren wollte. Und so, wie ich das hier gelesen hab, dauert die Umtauschaktion gerne mal 6 bis 8 Wochen...