[Spits] rear brake hoses

[Joe Curry]

Perhaps when the axles were lengthened, Triumph just lengthened the hoses to
accommodate.  Afterwards, they obviously added the solid piping.  Maybe due
to the longer hoses having a possibility of rubbing against the axle shafts.

(Simply speculation)

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-bounces+spitlist=cox.net at autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-bounces+spitlist=cox.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Doug
Braun
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:43 PM
To: sagreenwood at earthlink.net; spitfires at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spits] rear brake hoses

1972 cars definitely do NOT have the short section of
pipe.  I have a factory MK IV parts book, and it does
not show the pipe.

Doug Braun
'72 Spit


--- Stuart Greenwood <sagreenwood at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> When I was removing the outer drive shafts from my
> 1971 MkIV spit I noticed that the flex brake hose (
> I have the Aeroquipe  type) are only just long
> enough when the car is jacked up and the rear
> suspension is fully unloaded and drops until the
> shock absorber is fully extended.  When I look in
> the Mk IV ROM, section 70.15.17 there is a nice
> drawing showing that flex holes connects to the rear
> wheel cylinder.... as mine does. However in the
> Rimmers catalogue, page 106 it suggests that the
> flex hose doesn't connect to the cylinder but to
> another length of pipe before it goes to the
> cylinder.  Is the Rimmers picture just for the
> single line system fitted to early cars rather than
> the tandem dual line system?
> 
> 
> Stuart A Greenwood
> sagreenwood at earthlink.net
> Triumph Spiitfire Mk IV, Triumph Stag Mk I
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