Stainless braided brake lines throwing codes ???
Racer
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From: NW Indiana
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Re: Stainless braided brake lines throwing codes ??? (Maverick)
I bought the Russell's also last year and installed. The fronts were setting codes just like you said. It must not be a 316 ss braid. It has to be a cheaper grade with carbon in them and yes they do interfere sometimes with your abs. When I removed mine after months of codes I have none since. I left the rears on and don't have a problem there. It seems that the Goodridge lines are better.
[Modified by YELLOWDREAMZ, 8:17 PM 4/9/2002]
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From: Wilmington NC
Re: Stainless braided brake lines throwing codes ??? (BlackZ06)
I recently installed new rotors (from RM Racing) and Hawk pads on my 2001 Z06, and decided to also upgrade to stainless steel brake lines. Shortly after the install, I was driving when the DIC displayed "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL", "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" and "SERVICE ABS", then turned on the warning lights that show that ABS and AH/TC are disabled. When I shut down the car and restarted it, the lights cleared and the "problem" seemed to go away. Since then the same thing has happened several times. I have the car at the dealer today for other work, and asked them to check out the problem. They just called me and said that the problem is with SS braided brake lines. They claim they've seen this occur on other cars with these lines installed. Their "solution" is to either return to stock rubber lines, or accept the fact that the car will intermittently indicate a problem with the ABS/TC/AH systems. They believe the lines cause some kind of interference with the wheel sensors, and are supposed to be checking with GM technical services to see if they have more information on this. Anyone else had this problem, or been told that SS braided lines can cause this kind of problem?
I'm sure you will hear this several times but I have always seen the trouble show up on Russel lines and never on Goodridge... Something about the crush fitting and how it grounds... I have the Goodridge lines for just about a year now with 3 sets of brake pads worth of track time and have never seen a code.
