Thanks Toby,
You are right. It is plastic, not rubber. But there is probably five or six
feet total on the brake lines, going from the front to the back and along
the rear lines too. I thought the fuel lines were the same material, but I
will have to recheck that.
Steve
>From: RacerY@comcast.net
>To: "steve car" <steve_car@hotmail.com>, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Brake and fuel line rubber removal
>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:38:56 +0000
>
>It's not the rubber that's the problem,
>it's the hard plastic.
>
>And it's a sheath around a steel line.
>Lore has it that it decays and excretes an acid
>that corrodes the steel lines;
>certainly, it traps moisture and promotes corrosion,
>and you can't SEE it, so it could be really rusty
>and you'd be blissfully ignorant of the
>impending doom that awaits you!
>
>Well, maybe not. But yes, cut the plastic off the
>brake lines. I seem to remember that it's only a few
>short lines in front. As to the fuel lines,
>I don't remember any of that being plastic sheathed.
>The rubber grommets that go through bulkehads should be
>left intact- they don't have the same problem.
>
>hth,
>Toby
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: "steve car" <steve_car@hotmail.com>
> > Someone told me you should remove the rubber off the front brake lines
> > because moisture could get trapped under it. That makes sense, but
>shouldn't
> > I remove all the rubber end-to-end?
> > There is rubber on the part that goes from front to back and on the rear
> > brake lines. It looks like it would provide some protection. So, which
>is
> > best? Also, the fuel lines have rubber on them along in areas where they
>go
> > through frame holes. Wouldn't the same logic apply to them?
> > Thank you,
> > Steve
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