[s-cars] SS line failures yet again

[John S. Lagnese]

In my attempt to solve my brake sticking, which was solved with a used 
master cylinder from Chris at Force 5, I recently put a stainless steel line 
on my right front caliper. I guess this will be goodbye shortly!
Nervously,
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Huw Powell" <audi at humanspeakers.com>
To: "Pat Martin" <mardkins at msn.com>
Cc: <john at westcoastgarage.net>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] SS line failures yet again


>>>"Some wear"?  Care to describe that more specifically?  If you mean 
>>>"wear"
>>>as in rubbing or some other abrasion, there's another problem.  If you 
>>>mean
>>>cracking or other signs of weathering, that's waaaay early for the kind 
>>>of
>>>wear leading to failure.
>>
>> Wear as in some cracking in the outer rubber.  I did not remember them 
>> being
>> that bad when I looked at them but enough to warrant replacement at the 
>> next
>> service. The post mortem of the failure looks as if the cracking was more
>> substantial than I had thought.  The other side had similer cracks when I
>> replaced them after the accident. Nothing that looked like the damn thing
>> was going to explode.
>
> Ever read the shop manual specs on brake fluid pressures?  As I recall,
> they are in the 2000-3000 psi range...
>
> (nervous about the SS lines I put on my coupe years ago - at least OEM
> lines are easy to examine for flaws!)
>
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