Steel Braided Brake Lines

[Huw Powell]

> In my experience (several too old OEM rubber hoses failing), you 
> eventually lose enough brake fluid to make the system inoperable.

That occurred to me, but hopefully the driver goes straight home or to a 
shop when they lose half their brakes, and also does so very carefully.

It might not occur to them to figure out a way to keep the fluid topped 
up while doing so. (Who carries brake fluid in their trunk?  Only people 
with leaking brake or clutch systems...)

> Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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