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on brakes lines:



I wouldn't do the nylon tubing. too many bad accidents have happened to

people who have used it (you can check the accident reports on the web for

safety). it heat fatigue cycles too easily.



I received brake line from DH instruments. they looks good and have a very

high pressure rating (6000 psi). they are made of kevlar banding though, and

the DH reps said they have a use temp of 250 degrees F, which isn't much on

a brake assembly during hard braking. I am running a 9" x 1/4" 304ss line

from the brake rotor/piston to my DH flex hose to protect the hose from the

heat and tumble weeds. I wonder if that might also help protect the nylaflow

tubing ?(stainless steel has very low thermal conductivity). I had trouble

finding a ss braided high pressure hose (3000 psi) in Teflon for the brakes.

does anyone know of a manufacture out there?



also, there was some talk a while back about the bolt by the gas spring

being put in backwards and the castle nut gouging the gas spring? well, mine

was in backwards, and gouged a grove in my shock.  you might want to check

yours if you haven't already.  there have been linkage failure(s) due to

this condition. also, the old strut is too weak for the design. lancair has

upgraded to a bigger shock (I received one from Lancair - it is a stock car

shock replacement unit with bushings) . I am looking into 2 smaller half

pressure units for redundancy.



Scott Dahlgren