Some replacement pipe here is copper coated steel. Works OK.
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| Author: | roleyfoley [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:12 pm ] |
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Hi everyone Was just having a look through the uk minispares site, and came across this brakepipe kit. http://minispares.com/Product.aspx?ty=pb&pid=38000&title=BRAKEPIPE%20KIT%20DISC%20BRAKES... Was just wondering if any one has bought one before? Would this be the right kit for a hydro deluxe with 7.5" discs and standard drums on the back? |
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| Author: | Harley [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:25 pm ] |
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Copper brakelines have their problems. Best stick to Bundy tube in this country. |
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| Author: | EST-071 [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:35 pm ] |
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Minispare's site wrote: Just bend them to the proper shape and install!For hyrolastic Cooper S or hydro cars with discs and servo fitted.
At a guess they would fit. But as Harley has said, copper has its problems, just measure your old ones and go to a brake place with your measurments. Or the Mini King has NOS ones. Cheers Pete |
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| Author: | Wombat [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:48 pm ] |
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I posted a picture somewhere on this site with measurements |
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| Author: | Bubbacluby [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:15 pm ] |
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as far as i am aware copper brake pipe is illegal in australia..... |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:23 pm ] |
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deluxe_68 wrote: Minispare's site wrote: Just bend them to the proper shape and install!For hyrolastic Cooper S or hydro cars with discs and servo fitted. At a guess they would fit. But as Harley has said, copper has its problems, just measure your old ones and go to a brake place with your measurments. Or the Mini King has NOS ones. Cheers Pete They may not fit, hydro cars here ran the pipes in floor channels the UK cars didn't have. As said, copper brake pipes are illegal here. Just get a reputable BRAKE shop (not a glorified muffler place)here to make new ones to your samples. It's not expensive. You can bend cupro nickel pipes to shape easy and they won't rust. |
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| Author: | headgasket [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:26 pm ] |
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The ones in the ad are copper-nickel... |
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| Author: | yorke2 [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:37 pm ] |
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This issue has always perplexed me. How can it be that copper brake pipes are perfectly safe in the UK but unsafe here in Aus? The poms are not stupid, and they are in many ways are more stricly regulated than we are here. Perhaps they have better copper than we do. |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:01 pm ] |
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yorke2 wrote: This issue has always perplexed me. How can it be that copper brake pipes are perfectly safe in the UK but unsafe here in Aus? The poms are not stupid, and they are in many ways are more stricly regulated than we are here. Perhaps they have better copper than we do.
The poms fit copper because steel rusts. We fit steel because copper work hardens and cracks. |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:08 pm ] |
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Some replacement pipe here is copper coated steel. Works OK.
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| Author: | Harley [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:34 pm ] |
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Morris 1100 wrote: yorke2 wrote: This issue has always perplexed me. How can it be that copper brake pipes are perfectly safe in the UK but unsafe here in Aus? The poms are not stupid, and they are in many ways are more stricly regulated than we are here. Perhaps they have better copper than we do. The poms fit copper because steel rusts. We fit steel because copper work hardens and cracks. To add onto Morris1100s answer, over there brake lines rust before they would work harden, here its the other way, they'd work harden before they rust. You want the material that'll last the longest in your country. Does that sound right? 
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| Author: | 850man [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:42 pm ] |
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drmini in aust wrote: Some replacement pipe here is copper coated steel. Works OK.
Both the 1/4 and 5/16 bundy tube I have here is copper coated steel. I havent had any of it explode yet 
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| Author: | roleyfoley [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:16 pm ] |
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thanks folks, I figured there must be something that wasn't quite right for them over here as haven't seen them mentioned. Also on the topic of illegal bits for brakes, any problems with braided hose for brakes? for the bits of line that need to move about sorry for the probably stupid questions. |
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| Author: | lmbm [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:23 pm ] |
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Hi, sorry to hijack the post a bit, but can Cupro nickel pipe be used as fuel line ? Cheers Luis |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:29 pm ] |
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roleyfoley wrote: thanks folks,
I figured there must be something that wasn't quite right for them over here as haven't seen them mentioned. Also on the topic of illegal bits for brakes, any problems with braided hose for brakes? for the bits of line that need to move about sorry for the probably stupid questions. I believe they need attached ADR approval to be legal here. |
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