Cobra4B

My stock brake hoses have been in a palstic bag in my spare corvette parts area for about 5 years... Now that I'm not tracking the car I'm considering putting them back on and selling the SS lines when I get fresh calipers.

Might they be dry rotted etc? If I bend them and don't see any cracking etc. would you consider them ok?

Lancer033

for some reason i want to say that rubber has a shelf life of about 10 years, but don't bet your life on that. don't know where i got it from.

davidfarmer

if they are inside, out of sunlight, I expect they are in great shape

Cobra4B

****... maybe I shouldn't have storred them outside on the roof of my shed. I thought that'd be the perfect out of the way spot

CHJ In Virginia

If you can bend them and do not see any stress cracks in the rubber, they are fine. I would slap them back on, they will be fine for street use. Any one that would track the car is going to replace anyway.