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Date:         Mon, 2 May 2005 12:16:28 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Replacing steel brake lines with copper alloy?
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Taking a recent thread in a slightly different direction...


I agree that pure copper is a really bad choice for brake lines... the
first link below is from copper.org, and talks about a 90/10 copper-nickel
alloy for brake tubing (if copper.org isn't advocating pure copper, then it
must be a bad idea). The second link is from an outfit that makes these
alloy lines.


http://64.90.169.191/applications/automotive/brake.html


http://www.fedhillusa.com/pages/709975/index.htm


Do any of the listees out there have any experience (good or bad) with this
alloy on any vehicle? I'm about to perform a total brake-line transplant on
my westie, and lines that don't rust are really appealing... but I'd like
to find out if anyone has real-world experience with this, or any other
rust-free solution for brake lines.


Thanks,


Tim
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