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

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Originally Posted by JackieFan

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

yeah,lol.

gripo · #7 04-07-2007, 19:07

How did you stop? Did you open the door and put your foot down?

s13eater · #8 04-07-2007, 21:09

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Originally Posted by gripo

How did you stop? Did you open the door and put your foot down?

no mate. i just droped my pants and droped my nuts on the floor, when you get to my age, they hang low and are tuffer than leather, fecked the road up, but only took the hairs off of my sack lol, no i geared down quicker than i can gear up and prayed that nothing was coming the otherway.

Beany-s12 · #9 04-07-2007, 23:09

i had 2 or 3 of these blow out when i used to the mot's for se nissan! always rotted around the plastic clip that holds it

CamInHead · #10 10-07-2011, 17:55

So, I buys the Goodridge S12 brakeline kit on ebay expecting it to be not the right kit and I wasn't surprised lol.
I can use the front lines with my Z32 front calipers, and the rear pair look like they'll do, so now I find myself needing aother pair of brakelines to replace the middle set ie; between suspension arm and chassis.

I'm happy enough to have a bash at makingthem up but question is what size braided line should be getting, 3/8s or 7/16s ?

edit:

actualy, maybe I should have Earl's do it for me.
Assuming I want to keep the short section of hardline on the rear suspension arms, the flexi would need to be 10x1mm female concave at either end right ?