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Getting started on brake lines

Sanch627

Sanch627

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Was going to use some SS flex lines down the gear legs but alum is working out very well. BTW made the loops around the gear using a roll of duck tape to form the aluminum around. Also will use 2in lengths of 1/4 ID fuel pressure hose and gorilla tape to secure to gear. Adel’s in pics are for gear stiffeners as well as securing lines to engine mount, curves around mounts clear cowls.
 

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Sanch627 said:
Was going to use some SS flex lines down the gear legs but alum is working out very well. BTW made the loops around the gear using a roll of duck tape to form the aluminum around. Also will use 2in lengths of 1/4 ID fuel pressure hose and gorilla tape to secure to gear. Adel’s in pics are for gear stiffeners as well as securing lines to engine mount, curves around mounts clear cowls.
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MUCH overkill on the loops at the wheel. The brake caliper only moves a fraction of an inch.
 
Mel said:
MUCH overkill on the loops at the wheel. The brake caliper only moves a fraction of an inch.
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The loops are what Vans call-out in their instructions. And, I think it's mainly for ease of removal and reinstallation of the calipers for brake pad changes.
 
Sanch627 said:
Was going to use some SS flex lines down the gear legs but alum is working out very well. BTW made the loops around the gear using a roll of duck tape to form the aluminum around. Also will use 2in lengths of 1/4 ID fuel pressure hose and gorilla tape to secure to gear. Adel’s in pics are for gear stiffeners as well as securing lines to engine mount, curves around mounts clear cowls.
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Your install is tidy but I try to route the lines down the back side of the gear legs in the unlikely event you catch some debris or hit a bird.
 
Looks Good, I went SS braided after my Nylos failed one too many times. The stress loop is a good thing, but make sure you can get a jack mechanism under there if you use one that goes on the radius/caliper bracket of the gear leg. I always jack mine with a rod coming out the hollow axle after removing the big nut , as do most RV-4 guys, so the loop isn't a factor for that.
 
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