I have been using aircraft industry bits whenever possible for my MGB GT V8
build and I just wonder - Do they use braided pipes in aircraft? I must
ask my helicopter mechanic friend!
At 08:05 PM 9/2/02 -0500, Paul Root wrote:
>The list will tell you that braided is a waste of money. New rubber are
>just fine. Course, I bought them, before I saw that on the list. :-(
>
>You might want to get someone who's driven non-assisted brakes to try
>them, but it sounds like they're fine.
>
>
>Zach Dorsch wrote:
>
> > Well, I think that I got the brake situation figured out. As per
>
> > suggestions from a couple people I went back out the car the next
>
> > day hoping that gravity had worked and the air bubbles had escaped.
>
> > I also checked the brake failure switch fitting and it was loose.
>
> > I tightened that switch up and then tried the brakes. It still
>
> > seems like a bit of pedal effort, but this is the first manual
>
> > brake car I have driven, so I am not sure of what the pedal
>
> > pressure should feel like. The car definitely stops. btw,
>
> > some had mentioned the rubber hoses failing, but I forgot to
>
> > mention that I had replaced those about a month ago, albeit
>
> > with the original material (my budget prevented my purchase
>
> > of braided stainless).
> > Thanks again,
> > Zach
>
>
>
>--
>Paul Root
>'77B
>proot@attbi.com
>
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson - barrier@bconnex.net
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