Richard B Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Ok what size should I order for brake hoses? http://www.beal.org.uk/index.php?page=1&searchStr=copper&act=viewCat&Submit=Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 What about from the flexible hose to the copper pipe joint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 3398 wrote:What about from the flexible hose to the copper pipe joint?Bill already answered this heraldcoupe wrote:Use a copper washer where the the nose of the hose is flat, and the outer butts against the part it's attached to.A tapered nose is designed to seal into it's female counterpart, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paudman Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 heraldcoupe wrote:You'd be surprised how difficult it is to find copper washers from trade sources.Certain sections of the community get theirs easily enough, usually the earthing strips from mobile phone masts... ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 The noses on my new SS set are all tapered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 The emphasis is on where the flat part of the hose goes flush with the caliper / cylinder to form a seal. If the hose seals on the taper (such as with a solid brake pipe union) then there is not a problem as the taper forms the seal.If the seal is on the flat then leakage could occur. TBH I knew about fitting them to calipers, but I was no aware that problems could occur in fitting them to cylinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Richard_B wrote:Ok what size should I order for brake hoses? http://www.beal.org.uk/index.php?page=1&searchStr=copper&act=viewCat&Submit=Search3/8" is what you need. All unions female or male are 3/8" UNF thread. Found from Canleys site, part numbers 16 and 30http://www.canleyclassics.com/?xhtml=xhtml/diagram/vitessehydraulicpipes.html&xhtmlcatalogue=xhtml/catalogue/vitesse.html&category=brakes&xsl=diagram.xsl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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