[6pack] Perished brake lines

[Phil Beckman]

Sooo...let me get this straight.

My brake lines are perished BUT my rear U-Joints are knackered?

Well that certainly clears things up :)

Phil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster at hp.com>
To: "Robert Lang" <lang at isis.mit.edu>
Cc: <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [6pack] Perished brake lines


> Precisely !.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Lang [mailto:lang at isis.mit.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:49 PM
> To: Foster, Stan
> Cc: 6pack at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [6pack] Perished brake lines
>
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Foster, Stan wrote:
>
>> It really has two meanings, one is to die as in they all perished at sea.
> The
>> other is often applied to soft materials like rubber and leather when 
>> they
>> become brittle and dry with age and start to deteriorate and break up. It
>> would not be applied to a solid part for example like a shaft or a 
>> bearing.
>
> Right - shafts and bearings get "knackered".
>
> :-)
>
>> Stan
>
>
> rml
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