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@autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-bounces+spitlist=cox.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Doug
Braun
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:43 PM
To: sagreenwood@earthlink.net; spitfires@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@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@earthlink.net
> Triumph Spiitfire Mk IV, Triumph Stag Mk I
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