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On 23 Aug 2004 at 21:08, Keith Park wrote: > I really dont think any of that German hose is quality... OR its old stock > that has deteriorated with age. I agree that the 7mm aspect really > aggrivates this problem, but Ive had the 8mm stuff fail quickly too. Ive > never seen the stress cracking on the Gates hose though. I've never seen actual German 8mm hose. I thought they just happened to standardise on odd mm IDs: 5, 7, 9, 11, etc. > Nice documentation of whats going on here!! Try your 8mm German and see if > the same thing happens, or if you have some thats been in service a bit see > if it shows any signs of the same cracking... I've used Gates, Aeroquip, and Parker 5/16" hose as well as lots of other off brands. Most of them have done pretty well. The Parker is now marked 8mm/5/16" but they are all three layer hoses instead of the european 2 layer style: (rubber/fiber/rubber vs. fiber/rubber.) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~