I had my right front wheel lock up about a week or so ago. Luckily I was just leaving Bill Vilneff's place and he looked it over and discovered the flex line to the caliper was blocked even though it was fairly new and not used much. We put on another and when I got home, I tried to unblock the line but one end was definitely plugged. The line is very narrow inside but I finally decided to try a fine drill bit and managed to drill out the obstruction. It actually cleared quite easily once I used a fine drill bit on whatever it was. I then ran a thin wire through the line to inspect for more blockage but it went through just fine. So my question is, can this line be used again or should I not trust it ?
I would replace,I had the same thing happen on my 1968 Impala,flex hoses looked new,but somehow after a few years it closed up,emulated a siezed caliper,don't take a chance and replace both,price shouldn't dictate yoir safety
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If it has Tits,Tires or a Track,your gonna have a problem with it.
I believe those are the braided steel lines you are running that came with the disk brake setup. I had one crimp but did not affect the braking. If you had a blockage that you were able to remove, the crap probably came from dirt in the brake fluid. There are thousands of people running these lines, so I think they must be OK. I believe I have a couple of extra out in the shop, so if you want or need one, you can have it. I have changed back to drum brakes and can't use it.
Warren
You,re talking brakes here. For your safety and the safety of others its not worth taking a chance. You can bet if anything happened they would tear your car apart looking for further faults or violations. its best to be safe rather than sorry----------and broke.
You,re talking brakes here. For your safety and the safety of others its not worth taking a chance. You can bet if anything happened they would tear your car apart looking for further faults or violations. its best to be safe rather than sorry----------and broke.
Yes, they are the braided steel lines and I think it is probably, as you say, ok but the general consensus here seems to be to replace it, not reuse it. Bill had a flexible fuel line at hand so he replaced the brake line with that. If I should replace the fuel line for a proper brake line, then yes Wuga, I'll accept your offer. I guess I'll probably see you in the Spring sometime. And thank you all for your advice. Brakes and gas are proving to be the most frightening aspects of my build. I think my fuel filler air line might be leaking. I am trying to determine where I am leaking gas. It didn't leak until I got almost full so I am guessing it is the airline I just installed. It must be the clamp where the hose exits the tank. Of course I have to rip the floor apart just to see IF that is the place. I've had this apart so many times I can't remember how often I've done it. The steel vent pipe from the tank goes straight up about 1 1/2" and the floor is 1 12" up from the tank so putting on the hose and then getting the floor over was a real challenge. I think I'll have to drill a bigger hole and add a grommet. Working around gas is scary.
I am toying with the idea of tearing everything down and starting over. I think I could do better the second time with a lot of this build. I bottomed out in a pot hole the other day so I know I have to do something with my suspension. I'd like to bag it and that is probably easier if I take off the body. It is much like my experience with the motor I guess. After replacing the intake manifold, I learned that I have to remove a head. So I am just repeating everything to make things right. I guess everyone goes through this when learning. The only really bright side is that my wife keeps telling me how comfortable her seat is, especially since I put glass in her car door.
steel braided line has a teflon core if what you pulled out was white chuck the line if it wasn't you got crap floating around and you might want to blow out the lines
