Wed, 06 May 1998 22:07:20 +0200 - Message No. 2892
From: Martin Franz

Subject: Re: Metal Break Lines


gmitropoulos@pnc.co.uk wrote:
> anybody has fitted metal brake lines? If so, is the difference dramatic?
With two people I realized some strange kind of fading...the brake lever
moved down and down until it touched the gas grip (needed the adjust
screw to get rid of that), but the power needed for braking keeped more
or less the same...strange fading, indeed.
I switched to steel brake lines and that phenomen disapeared. Now fading
is true fading and I can see the disc getting red :-))
Some english guy explained that phenomen by "break hoses made out of
rubber. Getting hot, rubber more flexible, expanding --> brake lines
have more volumne for the fluid --> brake lever goes down"  Don't know,
if the explanation is true, but I like it :-))
regards, Martin



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