Rear brake lines

JackieFan · #1 04-07-2007, 11:08

Hi all,

I thought this might be worth mentioning as we have a few "new" owners appearing on the forum.

I've noticed that a couple of people (including myself) have found the rear brake line that runs over the Axel gets seriously rotten over time, almost to the point that I have no Idea how it still works! With most of the S12's getting a pounding on the track these days it might be worth checking that this line isn't about to split and kill you![/MELODRAMA] I've never heard of one actually breaking on someone but for the sake of a couple of quid it's probably worth looking at. The one on the Jackie/Reeper project literally crumbled in places when we changed it!

30psi · #2 04-07-2007, 11:12

Parts needed- 4.76mm or 3/16" pipe with M10 male fittings

JackieFan · #3 04-07-2007, 11:16

Cheers Martin, I just reused the old ends and made the line up out of the stuff my old man uses on the MG's

didn't measure it but it worked well

s13eater · #4 04-07-2007, 12:51

mine did fail me at 127mph, so around 120mph as my speedo was 7mph out, my foot went straight to the floor, and i only had about 60 meters before the roundabout.

JackieFan · #5 04-07-2007, 13:43

Evil! Was that in the video you send out a while back?

s13eater · #6 04-07-2007, 14:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by JackieFan

Evil! Was that in the video you send out a while back?

yeah,lol.