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Originally Posted by afterburn 549
The SS braiding will absolutely eat whatever it is in contact with.
It has to have standoffs etc to keep them suspended and away from everything..
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Excellent. Never knew that about SS.
Hoses tend to be pulled tight and rub themselves raw on surrounding parts until they burst under high pressure.
This occurs whenever engine torque twists the whole power train. During every single takeoff from start.
Ya need to leave a little extra curve because motor mounts eventually get soft and engines flex too far out of spec.
But the converse is the hose pinching, from being too long.
Driving a buddy's front loader and the bucket operation was way too jerky.
The return hose was kinking at a pivot point and pump was gasping for fluid.
The solution was a more natural routing of the hose and ziptie an extra layer or two of protective split-open hose section over the weak point to reinforce it.