[s-cars] Confirmed: Braided brake lines don't age well

[Theodore Chen]

so what happened?  did the line start leaking or did it abruptly fail?
what was the cause of the failure?  braided steel hoses are far less
tolerant of abuse than rubber hoses.  they don't stand up well to
stretching, kinking, or pinching.

-teddy

--- Vincent Frégeac <s.sikss at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had a similar experience with a Paragon line blowing off after less than
> three years... but a bit over 100Kmiles.
> 
> 
> 
> Vincent.
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de Mike Claire
> Envoyé : 10 décembre 2006 19:36
> À : s-car-list
> Objet : [s-cars] Confirmed: Braided brake lines don't age well
> 
> A few months ago there was discussion about running braided lines on the
> street.  Lots of opinions on both sides, but it changed my mind about street
> use.  I figured I'd eventually put OEM rubber lines back on.
> 
> My ECS braided lines are only 3 years and 12K miles old, with very little
> winter use.  I didn't bother to inspect them at the time.  I figured they
> had to be fine for now.
> 
> 
> 
> Have a look:
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=319038483&size=o&context=set-7215759
> 4414349733
> 
> The other side looked just as bad, except without the strange abrasion that
> wore through the thick yellow plastic in the middle of this one (still can't
> figure that out).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mike
> 93 'S4, soon with OEM rubber line lines
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