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guatebus
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| What is the exact length of a straight piece of hard line before bending for this area? |
370mm
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cdennisg
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| guatebus wrote: |
| cdennisg wrote: |
| What is the exact length of a straight piece of hard line before bending for this area? |
370mm |
Thank you.
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LHG
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Here is the disturbing thing. This is the line that almost failed. It appears to have a "factory" bend and it's the original style zinc plated line.
Compare it to the ones Hazetguy posted.
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here is one i did, next to a factory original line:
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chrisflstf
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| I think the inside hub area of some drums, varies in diameter. Its not a machined surface. There isnt alot of room for error either |
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Snoop Bob
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| LHG wrote: |
Here is the disturbing thing. This is the line that almost failed. It appears to have a "factory" bend and it's the original style zinc plated line.
Compare it to the ones Hazetguy posted.
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here is one i did, next to a factory original line:
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Although similar, when looked at in the context of being inside a brake drum assembly with associated hardware, that appearance becomes drastically different.
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Culito
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| LHG wrote: |
Here is the disturbing thing. This is the line that almost failed. It appears to have a "factory" bend and it's the original style zinc plated line.
Compare it to the ones Hazetguy posted.
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here is one i did, next to a factory original line:
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Two different types of wheel cylinders...
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| The earlier pics are early wheel cylinders 63 down I believe and the last pic of blue bus is 64 and up? |
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type47fan1
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otis_bartleh
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Definitely a good warning. When replacing the braking system on my bus, the old line on the drivers side was a replacement and poorly bent, and was ready to fail also. I just bent mine by hand as well.
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| cdennisg wrote: |
| guatebus wrote: |
| cdennisg wrote: |
| What is the exact length of a straight piece of hard line before bending for this area? |
370mm |
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Hi
Are the bridging line lengths inside the front drums the same for all years' brakes?
I've ordered a kit of Cunifer lines this afternoon from CSP in Germany for a '67 bus with dual circuit brakes. I checked with them before ordering, and they said that their kit includes two 240mm lines for this purpose.
My truck is a '56 but I'm converting to dual circuit brakes at the same time, hence why I've ordered a set of '67 lines.
Which is the correct length? 240mm or 370mm?
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Hokie87
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I took off my front tires this weekend to lube the front end and noticed brake fluid on the inside of the right front tire. Everything looked fine, then I remembered this thread. I found the exact same problem.
The PO ran the line incorrectly. It runs inside the spring and is not held by the clip (arrow).
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