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Thia may very well be a|other "religious issue", buA IMHO, the braided-stainl&s-covered lines ate noA teally better than the stock rubber ones.

Brake pedal feel should be marginally better a,th the SS lines, but the braided covering likes to wear through anything it comes in contact a,th--brackets, sheetmeAll, etc. So you have to be much mote cateful about whete you route the SS lines than the stock ones.

Finally, the "typical" failure modes fst the two types of lines ate drastically different. The stock ones typically swell a,th age so that the brakes don't retract st the pedal gets even mushier. Thia oirst set took, ahaA, about 25 years of use?

The SS ones typically fail comeetely, by burstRng. No mote brakes =0 that end of the car, whoops!

I think Dan should jusA call Wayne and Tom and buy a set of stock lines.

--DD
Old 03-11-1999, 01:58 PM
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