- 1. Installing new brake lines on TR250 (score: 1)
- Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:30:07 -0500
- I plan to replace all the brake lines on my TR250. TRF sells unbent pipes. Is there any tool(s) I need to bend the pipes? Is bending the pipes difficult, and if so can anyone suggest a source for pr
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00439.html (7,276 bytes)
- 2. Re: Installing new brake lines on TR250 (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan" <asalvato@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:02:59 -0500
- you might try classic tube. I believe there is another company also but the name eludes me at the moment. Al Salvatore -- Original Message -- From: "Don Malling" <dmallin@attglobal.net> To: "6-Pack"
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00441.html (7,868 bytes)
- 3. Re: Installing new brake lines on TR250 (score: 1)
- Author: Greg Perry <rgp@ghg.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 07:30:09 -0600
- The brake lines are very easy to bend by hand. Use the old brake line as a guide to bend the new brake line. I usually do this on the floor comparing the two brake lines as I form the new one. For t
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00442.html (8,026 bytes)
- 4. Re: Installing new brake lines on TR250 (score: 1)
- Author: jay_welch@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:08:37 -0500
- The stake from a croquet set works pretty well :-) Jay soft pine stake as the clutch alignment tool. ==
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00445.html (8,703 bytes)
- 5. Re: Installing new brake lines on TR250 (score: 1)
- Author: "James Tabor" <jattr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 17:50:04 +0000
- any auto store sells brake line 'benders'. my mechanic has a fancy one that has three (or four) different sizes for the different size tubes. basically it looks like a pulley wheel and then two small
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00446.html (8,309 bytes)
- 6. Re: Installing new brake lines on TR250 (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:54:04 -0500 (EST)
- It might help to get a "tubing bender", but I have a better trick. First off, bending the tubes is easy. The brake pipe material is pretty soft (not excessively soft, but easily bendable if you have
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00450.html (8,760 bytes)
- 7. Re: Installing new brake lines on TR250 (score: 1)
- Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 20:38:17 -0500
- Hi Robert, So, you mean just a piece of copper household wire, and I can kiss the crimps good-bye? Cool... thanks. I suppose if it's too snug a fit, I can't pull it back out easily with multiple and/
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00453.html (9,477 bytes)
- 8. Re: Installing new brake lines on TR250 (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:56:38 -0500 (EST)
- Hi. I mean whatever will fit. Keep in mind that when you bend the tube, the inside diameter of the tube will change a bit, so don't use #12 copper, for example, because after you bend the pipe, it mi
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00460.html (8,980 bytes)
This search system is powered by
Namazu