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On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 16:15, Dave Hall wrote: > While I appreciated that the longer a hose is the less water flow there will be > for a given pressure due to surface friction etc, I reckon the rate of flow > through a restricting nozzle will be different if the hole is smaller, and with > the pistons moving a mm, there's a significant fluid movement through a > restriction. I can't see why they bother to specify the outlets to use for the > calipers and the ones for the brake-light switches if it makes no difference. > > There are plenty of cases where we accept that VW engineeers probably know best > when it makes no safety difference; seems to me braking is one situation where > we should listen to them. OTOH, partially seized calipers, non-original pads > and worn discs are very likely a greater source of brake imbalance that which > outlet you use for the pipes. > The brake line ports should be a straight thread, while the switch ports should be a tapered pipe thread.... -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~