braided brake lines

[d_stroy_r]

I was just wondering if anyone can help with this one;

I have a yellow sticker (infigement notice) for my brake lines. I have aftermarket lines (braded steel line) on my car at the moment and no-one knows if they are road worthy or not. All i need is prrof that these have been tested by a company and that they are road-worthy

If anyone can help me, that would be great.

[Bennoz]

Certainly can my good man. I had a similar issue with another car of mine - albeit they were braided lines to the oil cooler. I know its a pain, but take them off and go down to your local Enzed or similar & get a pressure test done on them (thats if your sure they'll be ok ) and get the written report on them. I can't recall the poundage figures of the top of my head but the guys at Enzed where I went were really helpful. Being certified hose / pipe engineers, the report is legal & they test it to a little above the Aus standard a couple of times, then give you the tick of approval. Hope that helps

Cops can be real c_nts if they want too... especially for something as trivial as that - but who buys cheap sh*t brake lines anyway...

[mrx]

It certainly is annoying when there are so many sh!t boxes out there, that have probably never had a service in their life, waiting to fail and cause an accident, and then the cops defect the cars that have had money spent on them TO MAKE THEM BETTER!!!!!

It really annoys me, especially living in SA, where you don't have to have your car checked every year for rego. Once you've got it, do whatever you want too it (or nothing it seems - just let the thing rust away peacefully) but if you buy a car from interstate, you have to have the thing fully checked out to change the rego!

I know it is off topic, but like Bennoz said, who is going to put worse brake lines on their car?

[d_stroy_r]

i'll try that bennoz.

What i really wanted was proof of a company that sells these and have tested them on there cars. The only company that does these are perfect run. I'll see if i can get a letter from them.

Since i got the 2nd yellow sticker, ive been pulled over twice and I had to wait 30-45 mins just to get a confirmation that the expiry date on the yellow sticker hasnt run out! It's really annoying.

It makes you want to sell the god damn thing.

[d_stroy_r]

How do you find out what pressure the lines must be?

Has enzed got the legal pressure limits?

[Bennoz]

Yeah. Its not based on car or model - otherwise the AUS standards book would be 3000 pages thick. In engineering they are classed as 'flexible hydraulic lines' from memory. The pressure standard is based on that and the internal diametre. So a flexible hydraulic line with ID (internal diametre) of 1.5mm = XXX kpa (plus or minus the standard variables.) I'll have a scratch through my engineering books & see what I can find out. Having said that Enzed should have the figures.

[d_stroy_r]

Thanks mate, for all your help.

[Bennoz]

Ok, here's some info - this is from the yanks standards, which Im told are very similar to ours on this topic.
http://www.preproassembly.com/tec/cfr49571106.htm
I believe the Aus standard is AS3719-1991 Hydraulic Hose.
http://www.standards.com.au/catalogue/S ... s000001009
Unfortunately I couldn't find the aussie version online (for free anyway) and my books have dissappeared... (I know my misses has something to do with it!) I've also posed the question at a couple of my old Uni mates who are still working in the industry.

[kid_dynamite]

Braided brake lines in Australia are required to have an ADR tag attached to them..and the tag can't just be stuck on, I believe it has to be imprinted.

Unfortunately this knocks out basically all of the aftermarket ones I've seen (from Japan and the US mostly).

The ADR standard is ADR 7/00 and I think it had to be tested to 3000psi (20,000kPa).

[d_stroy_r]

i just ended up buying rubber lines.

Too much hassel.