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Re: [T3] Speaking of brake lines


On 21 Jun 2005 at 23:37, Aaron Clow wrote:

> Jim Adney wrote:
> 
> >The hard lines or the rubber ones?

> Hard ones.

> I'll have to check it again. The one that's damaged is the RF. I thought 
> as long as I was doing one, I should do both, but I guess that's not 
> necessary.

I may actually have a decent RF one. They always look rusty, but they're 
generally fine.

Of course the long center line is likely to fail where it gets continually wet 
under the gas pedal, but the only other ones I've ever had to replace are the 
short rear IRS ones. Those came in 2 versions. Early ones fit right down close 
to the diagonal arms and got packed with dirt between them and the arms. Those 
can rust thru due to the moisture that sticks in that dirt. Later, VW spaced 
them about 3/8" away from the arms and those never seem to get much more than 
surface rust.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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