Re: compression nuts <951105201309_81271270@emout05.mail.aol.com>

[Berry Kercheval <kerch@parc.xerox.com>]

>>>SCHWANGAU@aol.com said:
 > Some of the fittings on the late spits actually appear to be Aluminum,
 > instead of brass.  I wish they were so good as brass.  The hex heads are
 > short and also have short flats, being somewhat hollow, rather than solid 
all
 > the way in toward the tube.  Real flakey stuff.

TRs, too.  THat's why every time I touch a brake line I change it to racing 
AN-style fittings...

  --berry

Berry Kercheval :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center