Trivia question...and I dont know the answer
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Trivia question...and I dont know the answer
Why is it that brake lines that lead out from the master cylinder are wound in a spiral before going to thier designated locations?
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Re: Trivia question...and I dont know the answer (Mack76)
Flexibility
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Re: Trivia question...and I dont know the answer (theandies)
Flexibility
Nope...sorry, That is for chaffing protection so that if something comes in contact with the brake line and starts to rub the brake line will not chaffe through and you loose braking capacity. Its a safety thing.
John
Nope...sorry, That is for chaffing protection so that if something comes in contact with the brake line and starts to rub the brake line will not chaffe through and you loose braking capacity. Its a safety thing.
John
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Re: Trivia question...and I dont know the answer (zwede)
Flexibility
Nope...sorry, That is for chaffing protection so that if something comes in contact with the brake line and starts to rub the brake line will not chaffe through and you loose braking capacity. Its a safety thing.
John
Nope...sorry, That is for chaffing protection so that if something comes in contact with the brake line and starts to rub the brake line will not chaffe through and you loose braking capacity. Its a safety thing.
John
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Re: Trivia question...and I dont know the answer (theandies)
Nope...sorry, That is for chaffing protection so that if something comes in contact with the brake line and starts to rub the brake line will not chaffe through and you loose braking capacity. Its a safety thing.
John
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Re: Trivia question...and I dont know the answer (theandies)
It is called armor spiral and is to protect the brake line from damage. PERIOD.
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Re: Trivia question...and I dont know the answer (Rockn-Roll)
Uh...it's to confuse the brake fluid before directing them to an obscure wheel cylinder?
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Re: Trivia question...and I dont know the answer (Desertdawg)
Thanks for the replies everyone. Just to clear it up, i was in fact, inquiring about the mannor in which the lines are run. Not the spiral wire wrapped around them. All good answers though. :yesnod:
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Re: Trivia question...and I dont know the answer (Jvette73)
Ahh, OK now I know what you are talking about and it is for flex. I don't know when GM started doing that but my 71 without power brakes dosen't have the "loops" in the lines from the master cylinder. Anyone know why that is??? Is it because I don't have power brakes????? That is my guess.
John
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