> How long would you expect a brake hose to last?
Only anecdotal evidence, but I have never had a brake hose fail that was
less than 30 years old. My 80 Chevy was still wearing original hoses when
scrapped in 2005; 95 Buick still wearing original hoses today. Both
had/have over 250,000 miles.
Rear hose on my 59 Triumph failed around 1992 as I recall, but only
internally. (I only installed the teflon lines on the front, never got
around to doing the rear until after it failed and held the brakes on.) It
still did not leak fluid. Not sure how many miles, but over 200,000. I
forget the details, but the daughter is driving an early 90s Camry still
with original hoses and well over 200,000 on the clock.
But they don't salt the roads around here, and that may make a difference.
There was an SAE paper that showed salt/chloride would penetrate through the
hoses and I'm guessing it might have had some aging effect.
-- Randall
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