Date:         Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:24:51 -0600
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Brake question
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>
> "The teflon tube inside the SS would work just great alone, until it hits
> something or
> gets squeezed hard. SS is not there to prevent the teflon tube from
> expanding due to applied pressure."
>

Wrong. That's the primary reason SS lines are used in a lot of applications
besides/including our vans. As soon as I put them on a 914-6 I used to
autocross and short course race, the brakes performed incomparably
better because the front brake lines (especially) did not expand under
the hot brake fluid temps generated by that kind of driving. I also put
them on a Westy automatic I had and again, significant improvement
because the rubber brake lines were not expanding under repeated
hard braking. Rubber brake lines expand over time and brakes fade
and become less effective  because of it. Mushy pedal ... you can
feel the line expanding. As soon as I replaced the fronts with SS braided
lines that completely disappeared.

bob