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Re: Installing new brake lines on TR250

To: rgp@ghg.net
Subject: Re: Installing new brake lines on TR250
From: jay_welch@juno.com
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:08:37 -0500
The stake from a croquet set works pretty well :-)

Jay


>Some times you can use a broom stick or 1"' x 1" (or appropriate size)
soft pine stake as the clutch alignment tool. 

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On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 07:30:09 -0600 Greg Perry <rgp@ghg.net> writes:
> Don,
> 
> The brake lines are very easy to bend by hand.  Use the old brake 
> line 
> as a guide to bend the new brake line.  I usually do this on the 
> floor 
> comparing the two brake lines as I form the new one.  For tight 
> bends 
> use a broom stick or round pipe as a guide.
> 
> As for the 4 piece clutch kit, the kit usually contains the pressure 
> 
> plate, disk, throwout bearing and a clutch alignment tool.  Some 
> times 
> you can use a broom stick or 1"' x 1" (or appropriate size) soft 
> pine 
> stake as the clutch alignment tool.  Of course you might have to 
> whittle 
> it a bit to fit.
> 
> Greg Perry
> 
> Don Malling wrote:
> 
> >List, 
> >
> >I plan to replace all the brake lines on my TR250. TRF sells 
> unbent
> >pipes. Is there any tool(s) I need to bend the pipes?
> >
> >Is bending the pipes difficult, and if so can anyone suggest a 
> source
> >for pre-bent pipes?
> >
> >Thanks, 
> >
> >Don Malling

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