[Vwdiesel] parking brake cable tubes

Sandy Cameron scameron at storm.ca
Fri May 15 18:34:00 PDT 2009


At 09:25 PM 15/05/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>Sandy Cameron wrote:
>> I think, if it rains tomorrow, I'll fabricate a pair from 3/8" ID copper
>> tubing (rustproof)
>
>Aluminum would probably be a better option, as copper still corrodes 
>pretty readily...

Aluminum, probably faster than copper in our 6 months of saturated salt
spray enviroment.

Yuo should see the mess I found on a set of aluminum wheels, chronically
leaking around the bead. The crud was 1/8' thick. Wire brushed it off. Had
to wire brush it off the bead face of the tire too!

Sandy



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