- 1. [TR] leaking brake line (score: 1)
- Author: "THOMAS FANSHER" <tfansher@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 14:04:04 -0400
- I installed a new SS brake line from the reservoir down to the splitter in the TR3A yesterday. It's leaking with no evidence of burrs. My thoughts are that it's the stainless steel - very hard - tryi
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- 2. RE: [TR] leaking brake line (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 11:36:44 -0700
- Possibly that's your problem, Tom ... the TR3 does not use "bubble" flares. All of the flares are concave, not convex. Frankly, my suggestion would be to use DOT approved brake line, which is triple
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- 3. RE: [TR] leaking brake line (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 11:46:59 -0700
- Oops, my bad. American brake line (aka "Bundy tubing") has only two layers of plating on it, not 3; and has a resistance-welded seam. But my point stands, that you should use "brake line" and not so
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- 4. Re: [TR] leaking brake line (score: 1)
- Author: "Glenn A. Merrell" <StagByTriumph@tscusa.org>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 13:16:09 -0600
- Hi Tom, It is probably not the Stainless steel per se, but the angle of the flare. Early Triumph flares were a different angle then the angles of today's gas line flare tools. I will guess that the a
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- 5. Re: [TR] leaking brake line (score: 1)
- Author: ZinkZ10C@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 20:45:20 EDT
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