Good points -- guess I'll definitely have to look into some sort of
isolation and/or damping with special attention to the end-points where the
fittings connect to the flex hoses.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Theo Smit" <tsmit@shaw.ca>
To: "Michael McBeth" <mmcbeth@peacock.ca>
Cc: "Tigers" <Tigers@autox.team.net>; "Tony McNulty" <t.mcnulty@ieee.org>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: Brake Lines
Back when, I re-plumbed the rear axle on my race car using some bend-to-fit
brake tubing and one side sheared off shortly after installation twice due
to
vibration. The third time I put some hose clamps further up the rear axle
tube,
which changed the resonant frequency of the line enough to keep it from
doing
that. Vibration is a killer, and stress risers like swaging marks, crimps,
and
the like are ideal places for cracks to start.
Theo
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