I'm not sure why, but I know of several cases where braided steel brake
lines broke, I don't know of ANY where regular rubber OEM hoses did the same
thing, anybody know why?
Chris Marsh
>
>Paul,
>
>Why would stainless steel be MORE prone to wear and abrasion than OEM
>rubber? I'd think it'd be the opposite!
>
>TIA
>
>Bill Schenker
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Paul Czarnecki <oblique@alum.mit.edu>
>To: Team.Net <autox@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 6:54 AM
>Subject: Re: Stock Category brake lines
>
>
> > >other than the brakes are less likely to fail.
> >
> > from what I've been told, Stainles Steel (I'm am so tempted to put SS
> > brake lines) are MORE likely to fail than OEM parts.
> >
> > Why? This seems wrong at first.
> >
> > The reason is that stainless steel lines are very subject to
> > abrasion. Road racing teams that use generally consider them to be a
> > maintenance item, you replace them once a season or whatever. The
> > street driver, who installed them years ago, has since driven through
> > all sorts of road crap etc and never thinks to check/replace them.
> > Even the road racers makes this mistake. There was a big fireball of
> > a race car at Lime Rock a few years back. It had stainless steel
> > fuel lines (for safety!) but it abrades along the undercarraige.
> >
> > So, don't assume that stainless is safer. Properly maintained it is,
> > but it is often not properly maintained.
> >
> >
> > pZ
> > --
> > Paul Czarnecki
>
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