[Healeys] Brake hoses

[John Spaur]

I was not able to successfully install the Goodridge hoses because I have stainless steel brake lines with a copper crush washer at the union of the hard line to the flexible Goodridge line. Copper crush washers should be installed wherever SS line flares connect to a union point. The screw mating between the Goodridge hose and the SS line flare only engaged a couple of threads and I did not trust the integrity of the union. I emailed or sent a letter to Goodridge about this issue and never received a response. I have rubber hoses on my ’62 BT7 and the brakes work as good as they can.

 

BTW, I don’t think it is possible to obtain a firm peddle as one would expect with a today’s cars or even other non-British cars of the same vintage.

 

Bes -- John Spaur

’62 BT7

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Michael Oritt
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 10:18 AM
To: Austin Healey <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Healeys] Brake hoses

 

In my thusfar relatively unsuccessful quest for a consistently hard brake pedal I've decided to replace several components that do not owe me anything--namely the brake hoses and the rear wheel cylinders which have been on the car for at least ten years.

MOSS sells several different brake hoses--stainless steel by Goodridge, braided stainless steel by Cobalt, and unbranded "stock" ones As between the two metal hoses does anyone have a recommendation for one or the other based on their experience, either negative or positive? I have BT7 front discs and stock BN1 rear drums.

 

Best--Michael Oritt

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