Thread: Check your brake and fuel lines!

I think I made a post on this about eight years ago!

This is a prime example of the fact that if a hard and soft material rub together in a dirty environment, it is the hard material that is worn (grit embeds in the soft material and it acts like a file).

In my case a local brake specialist cut the line, flared the ends and put a joiner in.

I suspect the problem starts when you replace the rubber section that joins the nylon line to the metal stub at the injection pump, and don't get the length exactly right.

John

Originally Posted by isuzurover

As a result I just had to drive ~3500 km with only the front brakes...

Holy Mackeral!

I bet if you watched the re runs of MACGYVER good old Angus would have found something like a bar of soap some quick setting concrete and some chewing gum and would have fixed it for you.

Originally Posted by It'sNotWorthComplaining!

Holy Mackeral!

I bet if you watched the re runs of MACGYVER good old Angus would have found something like a bar of soap some quick setting concrete and some chewing gum and would have fixed it for you.

I was impressed that I managed to use a muesli bar wrapper to stop the leak (but I disconnected the rear circuit to do so).

You would be surprised how little the rear brakes do. I still had all 8 pots in the front (not like a rangie's setup where if you lose rear brakes you lose 1/2 the front as well).

The only time I noticed was when I was pulling onto the shoulder and still braking a bit heavily when one wheel hit the gravel.

I did make sure I used the gearing rather than the brakes to go down cunningham's gap though!