Steel Braided Brake Lines

[Huw Powell]

> Never heard of the problem?  I've personally seen it twice, and there's 
> a guy on the 20v list ( or maybe this one) who had it happen to him 
> under heavy braking from speed on the race track.  Not pretty.  The ONLY 
> failure mode for SS braided teflon brake hoses is sudden, total, and 
> absolute loss of braking


What about the dual braking circuits featured on pretty much every 
modern car?  Losing a slave hose (or a metal line or a cylinder...) only 
kills half the brakes - dangerous, sure, but not an absolute loss of 
braking.

Not that I would promote this, but I drove my Chevy truck home from 
buying it with only one working brake (they were back roads and I went 
slow, but I could still stop).

-- 
Huw Powell

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