- 1. Stainless braided brake lines--OK for street? (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Gernert" <kgernert@triad.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 09:52:18 -0400
- Hi all, I've noticed that the catalog listings for stainless steel braided brake hoses usually say "for off-road use only". My question is, why? Is it just because they are so different from the orig
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- 2. Re: Stainless braided brake lines--OK for street? (score: 1)
- Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:09:47 EDT
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I think that many smaller companies don't have the resources to get DOT approval for products like this. I bought a set of SS braided brake hoses for my Midget, from Moss,
- /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00264.html (8,120 bytes)
- 3. Re: Stainless braided brake lines--OK for street? (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 15:28:16 EDT
- One issue is, as was suggested, DOT approval, which may be lacking. Beware however - braided Teflon lines can fail. Every time they flex the inner liner moves a small bit inside the steel braid. Even
- /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00279.html (7,802 bytes)
- 4. Re: Stainless braided brake lines--OK for street? (score: 1)
- Author: "Pearson, Tim" <tpearson@westpac.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 09:17:20 +1000
- Well, over here at least they're not street legal for the simple fact that you can't tell if they're leaking - and part of the annual rego check is a visual check of the brake lines. Tim Pearson Sydn
- /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00384.html (7,123 bytes)
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