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Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:37:38 -0600
Reply-To:     Don Spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
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From:         Don Spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
Subject:      blown brake line
In-Reply-To:  <19740415050512.3B831346EFC47FCF@edmwaa04.telusplanet.net>
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To say nothing of the civil liabilities involved should it fail and you kill or seriously injure somebody... Use the correct parts!

On 13-Aug-09, at 2:34 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> You already know that compression fittings are not safe for brake > lines -- are you asking us to tell you "go anead and use them > anyway?" Because we're not going to. > > As someone who's had an improper (copper, actually) brake line fail > in my milk truck at the top of a hill I can say a) it's downright > scary and b) suicide is in some sense your own business, but the > health of your riders and of nearby people and property is > definitely not. > > Cheers, > David


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