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| HalM |
 Sep 23 2007, 07:49 AM
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Green Skull 003  Group: Members Posts: 127 Joined: 19-January 05 From: The 'Burg Member No.: 3,472 Region Association: None  |
I took the 914 to VIR for a 3 day DE this weekend. At the end of the second session, I noticed my brake pedal going closer and closer to the floor. No big deal, the South Course is notorious for being hard on brakes. I'll just bleed them and the world will be right?
Wrong. My buddy and I decided to bleed all four wheel. we started, of course, on the passenger side rear. As we were bleeding, we noticed an unusual drop of brake fluid on the rubber hose. We weren't sure where it was coming from, but we think it was the connection between the rubber hose and the hard line to the caliper. We moved to the driver's side and had the same thing happen, except there was more fluid and no idea where on the rubber line it was coming from. The brake pedal in the car never did start to firm up. Needless to say, I shut down the car for the rest of the DE. The pedal was good enough to get me 150 miles home. Now it looks to me like it is time to replace all 4 brake lines. I have a few questions. Rubber versus Stainless Steel. I have read a bunch of pro's and con's on SS. I have always had them on my Porsches. Any consensus among 914 owners on which is the better way to go? Anyone have a picture or diagram of where the rubber hoses attach to the m/c lines? I am thinking this a pretty simple DIY project. The car is used 50/50 for street and DE's. Anyone have a recommendation for pads? I am thinking Porterfield's right now. Thanks for any and all help. |
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| Dave_Darling |
Sep 23 2007, 12:29 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,204 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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It should be reasonably obvious where the lines hook up, just follow them upstream. The rears are a real b*tch, though--some people insist that the only way to do them is to remove the engine, because access to the upstream end is very poor. Others have said that you can work through the holes in the engine shelf for things like drain hoses...
I'm still not sold on SS for my own car. I prefer the gradual failure mode of the stock lines to the total failure mode of the SS ones. Happily the "total failure" doesn't happen very often, but.... --DD |
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HalM Replace The Brake Lines Sep 23 2007, 07:49 AM
John Jentz Use rubber lines or Cap't Krusty will reach th... Sep 23 2007, 12:32 PM HalM Thanks guys. This is exactly the info I was looki... Sep 23 2007, 12:39 PM type47 replacing brake lines should be really easy. i wou... Sep 23 2007, 02:23 PM Eric_Shea
:rotfl: "should" being the key operat... Sep 23 2007, 05:07 PM
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:rotfl: "should" being the key opera... Sep 24 2007, 01:43 PM Dave_Darling ...but if it's removing the rubber flexible ho... Sep 25 2007, 10:38 AM Cap'n Krusty ...............and then I'll slap you for BEIN... Sep 24 2007, 11:57 AM Blood red 914-6gt Oh, and to add to what the Cap'n said... spray... Sep 24 2007, 12:16 PM Bass Fisher Even with the proper tools, a frozen nut can cause... Sep 24 2007, 06:13 PM HalM And so for me, the bottom line is the car is at Eu... Sep 24 2007, 09:20 PM |
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