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Re: [T3] Speaking of brake lines


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....

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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

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