BC

3/16? I am at office right now, so can't measure (suppose I could go to parking lot, but people already think Im crazy here)....

I need to make some brake line.

neilh

Brendan, on my 81, 5mm OD ( 0.197" - 3/16 is .1875)

Neil

BC

Thanks Neil. Okay, so just over 3/16. Hmm. Anybody have a source for metric brake line and the nuts?

FlyingDog

Why not use the 928 Intl set? $125 is a pretty good price for a full set of braided lines.

BC

Damn straight.... I am talking about the hard lines..... That I couldn't get the caliper off of. That I had to cut with scissors. And will have to replace the entire line from the right rear to the front of the car.

FlyingDog

Ahh... hard lines. Gotcha.

neilh

Brendan, call these guys - they can make it for you, 1st class job and right price!
http://www.classictube.com/
Neil

jon928se

Brendan

Old line of my 90GT = .189"
New line .188" (I used to replace the Right rear as I couldn't unstick the fitting to the flexi)

I may be wrong but I don't think they make metric copper brake pipe.

Not sure about the the Pre 85 cars but I know that the 85 on only has one pipe front to rear. This ends at the T connector in the middle left of the rear subframe. Then there's two pipes one to each side of the car. LHS is easy to fit, RHS is a bugger as it goes over the tranny and you can't get your hands over the tranny to clip it in place.

Pipe Lengths are
Brake pipe 92835505704 = 24cm
Brake pipe 92835505901 = 94cm

Shark Attack

yes, I have a local guy here in Erie that does all my hoses. i can hook you up if you want. you will have to send him the old hoses and he will dup them... so far he has been 1/4 the price of buying the hoses from a 928 parts house. he usually uses my old nuts and fitting. but i am sure he has new if you ask. or i am sure i can get your the raw material if you want. PM me

jon928se

Forgot to add - end fittings are male M10x1 (1mm thread pitch) and have about 13mm of thread. If you are fitting Goodridge SS flexis you may want to use fittings with 20mm of thread as the goodrige flexis don't always have a female end fitting short enough for the 13mm thread to actually seat the double flare on the pipe.

BC

Good info guys, thanks.

The old hose is cut off SA - would that still work you think?

jon928se

SA ?

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Sweet As (a nut) kiwi expression for all is good
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BC

SA - Shark Attack - I don't like typing long names that were made up anyway.

kccampro

I’m resurrecting this old thread because I’m where Brendan was 4 years ago. I’m about to start laying out the new hard lines for the RS4 project and I need to make sure I’m getting the right OD hard lines. All the brakes parts are off an S4 if that helps. I found a company that sells 6mm OD tubing for brake lines… but is that the right size?

BC

I ended up using simple hardline in the -4 size. I think it was -4. That way I was able to to use relatively inexpensive -4 hard line fittings from summit racing. I don't think it was -3, but it might have been. And then connectors that would allow me to mate back up to the SS teflon brake lines to the calipers that I already had - adapters to the porsche size. I now know I could have just had Greg B make me whatever goodridge sizes i needed out of the AN stuff, but I did not know that then.