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Rear caliper brake lines?
sturead77 - 12/6/05 at 06:18 PM

Have just fitted the flexis to my rear brake calipers and found to my horror that the solid end portions on the flexis are so long that they foul the inside of the wheel rims.

Can anyone tell me whether or not i can get away with running a small length of copper pipe out of my rear calipers, through a bracket on the rear upright and then into a flexi?

I know this is the way it is normally done on drum brake rears as the rear piston assy is not going to move around but i have never seen it done on rear calipers.


mookaloid - 12/6/05 at 06:58 PM

What size wheels are you using?

I didn't have this problem

Cheers Mark


sturead77 - 12/6/05 at 07:02 PM

I'm using 15" rims as suggested in the build manual with standard ford calipers. Can't work out where i'm going wrong!


mad-butcher - 12/6/05 at 07:59 PM

never had that problem either.(don't know the answer to my question) but is it possible to put the calipers on upside down or back to front. any chance of a picture. what offset are the wheels
tony


mad-butcher - 12/6/05 at 08:06 PM

i've routed mine a different way Rescued attachment brake pipe.JPG
Rescued attachment brake pipe.JPG


mookaloid - 12/6/05 at 10:53 PM

That looks the same as mine

Cheers

Mark

[Edited on 12/6/05 by mookaloid]


sturead77 - 13/6/05 at 05:31 AM

Thanks fellas
I'll give that set up a bash and see what happens
Cheers for your help