[Healeys] brake switch

[Bob Spidell]

I'm the 'belt-and-suspenders' type; e.g. I'll use sealant on (some) gaskets and have been known to use both threadlocker and lockwashers on bolts and nuts. However, I don't put Teflon tape on brake fittings; I think (speculate) some of the material will remain on the inside threads when the fitting is unscrewed, and this can get pushed back into the system when you re-install the fitting. 

Brake fittings shouldn't leak without tape; and if you can't get them off with a flare nut wrench you've got bigger problems anyway. 

Bob 


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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Oritt" <michael.oritt at gmail.com> 
To: "BJ8 Healeys" <sbyers at ec.rr.com> 
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net 
Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 8:12:03 AM 
Subject: Re: [Healeys] brake switch 

I do as well--and for many years used it on flared fittings on diesel fuel 
systems--for the reasons Steve says. 

You simply need to be careful not to have any tape hanging so that it might 
get into an orifice or injector nozzle and I always wrap the tape in a 
clockwise direction so that tightening the nut will not back the tape out or 
lift the end. 

Best--Michael Oritt 

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:30 AM, BJ8 Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote: 

> I always use Teflon tape on threaded fittings, in the brake system and 
> elsewhere, if not to prevent leaks then to prevent the fittings from 
> seizing 
> the next time I want to take them apart. 
> 
> Steve Byers 
> HBJ8L/36666 
> BJ8 Registry 
> Havelock, NC USA 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto: 
> healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] 
> On Behalf Of Alan Seigrist 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 10:26 PM 
> To: Richard Kahn 
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net 
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] brake switch 
> 
> Rich - 
> 
> Never use any sort of sealant on your brake system anywhere. The fittings 
> are compression fittings and they always seal by design, unless the fitting 
> is damaged. If you have to use sealant/teflon tape, then you need to 
> replace our fittings because it's not safe. 
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Alan