I installed Stainless hoses back in '96 and I had no such issues. The
length was just fine. I think you may have revceived the wrong parts. If you
lay the two parts ont on a bench is there an appearent difference in length?
Dave
In a message dated 10/27/2012 5:22:40 PM Central Daylight Time,
trdoctor@aol.com writes:
> Good day to all,
> I recently have had problems with my brake system on my '72 TR6. The car
> would stop just fine but, when waiting at a light, the pedal would go to
> the
> floor. Without any external leaks, in my experience, that lead to a
> replacement of the brake master. I procured one from Apple Hydraulics
> (without the reservoir (sp)), cleaned the existing reservoir with brake
> cleaner safe for plastics, and installed it after bench bleeding without
> any
> problems. At the same time I was going to change the flexible brake lines
> out
> with braided stainless hoses. I changed these lines in ~'95 when I got
> the
> car so I figured I'd change them and it would be a nice upgrade. Long
> story
> short, they don't fit. I tried to change the LF and the threaded portion
> of
> the hose that attaches to the ridged line at the caliper won't reach.
> Anyone
> else had this problem? I really don't like to try to bend old line
> especially
> since the rubber ones fit just fine. I ended up taking a real good look
> at
> the rubber hoses and there were on cracks and they were still flexible so
> I
> put it back together and am ready to bleed the system.
> TIA,
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