Re: [T3] Stainless steel braided brake lines

[James Montebello <lapuwali@yahoo.com>]

Nope.  They leak over time, so if you use it as a
parking brake and leave the car for a couple of days,
you may find the brakes off.  Using it as an emergency
brake also doesn't work if you have single circuit
brakes or the one circuit in a dual circuit system is
the one that failed.



--- Jason Weigel <notchboy@comcast.net> wrote:

> What about a line lock? Like draggers use for burn
> outs locking the fronts. 
> Use it for the rear. Or is that the same as you are
> describing.
> 
> jason
> 
> 
> : RE: [T3] Stainless steel braided brake lines
> 
> 
> >
> > I expect whatever rear disc setup he or the PO
> > installed doesn't have a parking brake.  This is
> all
> > too common with aftermarket disc setups.
> >
> > It would probably be cheaper and easier to go back
> to
> > drums, but there are some alternatives.  Wilwood
> sells
> > a mechanical spot caliper made specifically for
> > handbrake applications.  You'd really only need
> one on
> > one side to operate as a *parking* brake.  As an
> > *emergency* brake, two would obviously be far
> better.
> 
> 
>
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