braided brake lines

[clive f]

after seeing many a thread concerning the differences on the end connectors when uprating the brake hoses, where is the best and most helpful place to buy from,and are they direct replacements to sierra hoses or tvr specials?

[trackcar]

goodridge make tvr specific hoses and they're dirt cheap, so best to use those .. you need to know if you have single rear flexis or the two-piece versions though .. a digi pic of the rear arms and calipers would be useful

[Pies]

tvrgit,you're wanted

[clive f]

so do I contact goodridge direct or a local chap?
I `m not sure on the rear will have a look tonight, must be a flexi from trailing arm to chassis, as copper runs along arm and into rear cylinder.

[clive f]

after looking through the threads I`ve been on the phone to tvr car parts and ordered a set up, seemed pretty helpful, fingers crossed all will fit okay.

[Wildfire]

You can get braided brake hoses from ACT. Definitely well worth it. I have them on both my Griff and my Mini. On the non servo'd brakes on my mini the braking was instantly so much better. Only downside is that when fiddiling with calipers etc, you cannot clamp the hoses.

>> Edited by Wildfire on Monday 17th October 17:41

[tvrgit]

Pies said:

tvrgit,you're wanted

Sorry, been away to a no-internet holiday. Ok. It was a prison

Anyway, I had a fair argument in the summer about the correct end-fitting (convex or concave flare). After much correspondence and cross-checking, goodridge pointed out that the original "Ford" part (which looks concave) is actually a combined fitting, convex outer and concave inner - ie it fits either type of caliper - easier and cheaper to mass produce than different specific ends.

A check inside a new caliper showed that the Goodridge end (convex, ie sticky-outy) IS the correct fitting. Mark at Demon Tweeks now knows all about this so theirs would be a safe buy. Probably.

[clive f]

the ordered brake lines didn`t turn up for the weekend , so that means as I need to use the s next saturday, that I won`t have much time during the week to get the job done, so, to speed things up when they do arrive will it cause a bleeding problem if I remove the old lines this weekend, ready to put the new ones on one evening this week?
assuming that if the little air breather hole in top of reservoir is sealed by a bit of plasticine etc, then the air lock would not let all the fliud run out?
or am I just being impatient, because I`m itching to do something to the s other than clean it!!!

[trackcar]

No problems taking the lines off now and fitting the new ones later in the week .. you're going to be bleeding like cazy getting all the air out anyway (get a helper to press hte pedal whilst you keep an eye on levels and the bleeding part) so no worries that you're messing anything up. Allow up to a litre of fluid to get the bleeding job done afterwards

[clive f]

Thanks trackcar, at least I can keep out of the wifes way on sunday now!