Brake line tubing

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From: Skip Long <skiplong [at] videocomm.com>
Subject: Brake line tubing
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 18:43:34 +0900
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I am starting to install the brake system in my LIV. Has anyone

found a more robust tubing and connector to use between the brake

master cylinders? The 3/16" nylaflow tubing supplied in the kit

looks like a weak point. I understand that Brent and other

builders have replaced the tubing in the gear legs with a product

from DH Instruments. What tubing is being used between master

cylinders.



Skip Long

Lancair IV

skiplong [at] videocomm.com

Brake Line Tubing

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From: Ed Armstrong <ed [at] testelectronics.com>
Subject: Brake Line Tubing
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 23:08:53 -0700
To: Lancair [Lancair.List [at] Olsusa.Com] (E-mail) <lancair.list [at] olsusa.com>
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I would also like to find some more robust brake line tubing for my L360.

That 3/16" nylaflow tubing I got with my kit is really weak looking stuff.

The design probably works. Lancair probably figures about 100psi max with

that Matco plunger which looks like about 1/2 square inch (assuming a pilot

can not put more than 200lbs pressure on each toe brake) However, I think

that stuff gets brittle with age, and does not withstand much bending.

Also, I think it gets really brittle in the cold, and soft with heat. Does

anyone know about that? Is there any advantage to the Nylaflow other than

low cost?





Regards,

Ed Armstrong

Watsonville CA