Brake lines safety
Discussion
It appears that the rear brake lines on my car have been rubbing on the wheels and are now pretty bad.... quite a big safety issue that Im sure has been mentioned here before but I thought I should highlight it for people to check theirs is not the same.
Its easily solved though apparently by moving the line on top of the wishbone... but thats assuming its not destroyed like mine and needs replaceing.
Apparently the line runs through the whole car so its one hell of a job... any advice on changing it?
Its easily solved though apparently by moving the line on top of the wishbone... but thats assuming its not destroyed like mine and needs replaceing.
Apparently the line runs through the whole car so its one hell of a job... any advice on changing it?
andygtt said:
It appears that the rear brake lines on my car have been rubbing on the wheels and are now pretty bad.... quite a big safety issue that Im sure has been mentioned here before but I thought I should highlight it for people to check theirs is not the same.
Its easily solved though apparently by moving the line on top of the wishbone... but thats assuming its not destroyed like mine and needs replaceing.
Apparently the line runs through the whole car so its one hell of a job... any advice on changing it?
Yeah, get someone else to do it. Its easily solved though apparently by moving the line on top of the wishbone... but thats assuming its not destroyed like mine and needs replaceing.
Apparently the line runs through the whole car so its one hell of a job... any advice on changing it?
[/pic]They were pinned to the lower part of the wishbone rather than the top... wheel runs very close to the wishbone and thus rubbed the brake line even though it was securelly attached to the wishbone... amazed it runs that close TBH.
The good news is that I have discovered that my car has a T in the rear thus only have to replace 2 lines at the rear only... just gotta get em made.
However Im actually really glad that these lines failed now... I stripped the car yesterday to take the old lines out... so when i went to the pub last night I took the M3 instead... and a boy racer decided to attempt a handbrake turn and wiped the M3 out while it was parked and I think its now gona be written off!!!
The good news is that I have discovered that my car has a T in the rear thus only have to replace 2 lines at the rear only... just gotta get em made.
However Im actually really glad that these lines failed now... I stripped the car yesterday to take the old lines out... so when i went to the pub last night I took the M3 instead... and a boy racer decided to attempt a handbrake turn and wiped the M3 out while it was parked and I think its now gona be written off!!!
andygtt said:
They were pinned to the lower part of the wishbone rather than the top... wheel runs very close to the wishbone and thus rubbed the brake line even though it was securelly attached to the wishbone... amazed it runs that close TBH.
The good news is that I have discovered that my car has a T in the rear thus only have to replace 2 lines at the rear only... just gotta get em made.
However Im actually really glad that these lines failed now... I stripped the car yesterday to take the old lines out... so when i went to the pub last night I took the M3 instead... and a boy racer decided to attempt a handbrake turn and wiped the M3 out while it was parked and I think its now gona be written off!!!
mine also has the tpiece in the middle.we have a hydraulics place near me that i used all the time for my brake lines but due to legislation they carnt make them inhouse anymore.they are now sent away then charge you loads for the week long wait to get them back.i now use a local motor bike retailer to make them.took my originals to them and in 10 mins both were made ,good price to,10 pounds for the pairThe good news is that I have discovered that my car has a T in the rear thus only have to replace 2 lines at the rear only... just gotta get em made.
However Im actually really glad that these lines failed now... I stripped the car yesterday to take the old lines out... so when i went to the pub last night I took the M3 instead... and a boy racer decided to attempt a handbrake turn and wiped the M3 out while it was parked and I think its now gona be written off!!!
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