Tails said:
Thanks guys. I wasn't aware that there are rubber hoses in the system. It does beg another question however. If you restrict the flexing of the rubber hoses will that overstress something else?
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No, not at all. This is simple hydraulics. It would work best if solid piped all the way to the caliper. But the wheel must move up and down or side to side and up and down for the front. If I contain the pressure all the way to the caliper, all motion is transfered to the piston. But the tradeoff to get a tube that will move as described must be flexible in all directions and unfortunetly that includes outwards as well. So some of your pedal travel expands the hose. So why don't the manufactures put on steel braided hose? Cost. Period. This is a great upgrade that as soon as they are avail will be on my car (I, of course, will keep the stock hose for the restoration 20 years from now). I have been looking but haven't seen any yet.
PS I am a 22 year Navy Submarine vet as an auxiliaryman. One of our biggest systems is hydraulics and the flex hoses in that system.
Jerry