<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman;}</style></head><body><div>Why do you need to worry about the brake line while changing the wheel bearings?</div><div><br></div><div><br>Tim Davis BN7<br></div><div><br></div><div>----- Original Message -----<br>From: simon lachlan <simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk><br>To: healeys@autox.team.net<br>Sent: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:47:30 -0500 (EST)<br>Subject: [Healeys] Brake hose clamp<br></div><div><br></div><style><!--<br><div><br></div>@font-face<br> {font-family:"Cambria Math";<br> panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}<br>@font-face<br> {font-family:Calibri;<br> panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}<br><div><br></div>p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal<br> {margin:0cm;<br> margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br> font-size:11.0pt;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}<br>a:link, span.MsoHyperlink<br> {mso-style-priority:99;<br> color:#0563C1;<br> text-decoration:underline;}<br>a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed<br> {mso-style-priority:99;<br> color:#954F72;<br> text-decoration:underline;}<br>span.EmailStyle17<br> {mso-style-type:personal-compose;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:windowtext;}<br>.MsoChpDefault<br> {mso-style-type:export-only;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}<br>@page WordSection1<br> {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;<br> margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}<br>div.WordSection1<br> {page:WordSection1;}<br>--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I shall be replacing the front RHS wheel bearings on my MkII BT7 soon.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I have Goodridge brake hoses, by which I mean hoses with a stainless steel woven/braided outer layer.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Now, I am thinking of getting some form of clamp to minimize the drips and ingress of air.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Do these things work on braided hoses?</p><p class="MsoNormal">It seems to me that, were the clamp strong enough to squish the hose flat, it would deform the braiding and the hose would never recover?????</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Maybe better to plug the hose with a sharp bit of wood and bleed the system afterwards??</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">What do you think?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Simon</p></div><div><br></div></body></html>