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Re: [Spits] Wiring updates and so forth

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Subject: Re: [Spits] Wiring updates and so forth
From: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:24:15 -0700 (PDT)
Once I was replacing a rear wheel cylinder, and I noticed that even when I 
pressed on the brake pedal, only a trickle of fluif came out of the hose that 
had been connected to the cylinder.  The inner lining of the hose had 
apparently swollen or gotten separated, blocking the flow.  After I replaced 
both rear hoses, the braking was noticeably better.

So yes, a hose can fail by clogging, even if it looks fine from the outside and 
has no external leakage.

Doug

--- On Sun, 8/2/09, Nick Moseley <nmoseley@dccnet.com> wrote:

> From: Nick Moseley <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spits] Wiring updates and so forth
> To: Spitfires@autox.team.net
> Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 8:48 PM
> ...and more bleeding.
> If you are absolutely sure there is no air in neither the
> lines nor the
> master, then it may be time to check the rubber brake
> lines, to make sure
> they have not collapsed internally
> 
> Nick Moseley, NASS #278:
> 63-81 Spits, GT 6, Metro Vancouver B.C.
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