Another thought was milling around in the grey matter this evening , And it was to replace the small front brake pipes on the front with stainless steel ones , I had steel ones on originally which were very strong but rusted out , so were replaced with copper/nickel ones , nice easy stuff to work with and rust proof but I keep ripping them off or kinking them when bogging it , Hence the post , Can 3/16" stainless pipe be obtained and how easy is it to flare ??

Alternatively, run goodrich hose straight into the caliper, but instead of bridging across to the chassis from there, run along the hockey stick with a little loop to che chassis and back to original fitting. The hose winds up 1.7m long - but no amount of articulation or 'bogging' is going to damage the tube!

Si

I understand that stainless is a very hard material. This would make it a nightmare to flare and prone to cracking in service. NOT what you need! I cannot see why the flexi could not go straight to tht caliper, thise bits of copper, cunifer or steel are a right PITA.

Chris

I agree that stainless would probably be very hard to flare, and could suffer from stress fractures. If you aren't happy with the copper/cupro nickel and don't want to do the flexible hoses, why not go back to steel ones if you were happy with those strength wise? New ones wouldn't rust for many years.

Regards,
Diff

I just replaced the fuel lines on my One Ten with stainless steel lines (5/16 OD). They look great and should last forever... however I broke two tube cutter blades and my ISO/bubble flare tool. Should you decide to use stainless I would avoid flares and use compression fittings (brass olives). All things considered I think it was worth the trouble and the results are very satisfying.