Flexibe hydraulic brake line ?

[Ned Kelly]

Any reason not to run flexible hydraulic brake hose for entire brake system? An example of this:

http://www.easternmarine.com/76-flexible-hydraulic-trailer-brake-hose-46238-76

It would probably be available in the sizes need for our applications.

 

[sweetk30]

huge soft pedal .

 

[ktmoutfront]

I know from experience that you get soft peddle. It expands with every press.

 

[Ned Kelly]

Ok, well scratch that idea as bad!

 

[SouthernYank]

I've got my fronts in my Z-71 done with hydraulic line and pedal feels just fine.

 

[Russell]

The race truck I was involved with had no hard brake lines in it, was 100% flexible line and it worked good.

 

[diesel4me]

If you used 4000 psi rated hydrailuc hose with double steel braid it might not affect the pedal feel...

When I worked at a store that made hydraulic hoses,I was forbidden to make any that the customer said were going to be used on a vehicle's braking system,due to liability issues...unless the customer lied,we would not make "brake" hoses,even if they signed a waiver...

I'm not sure they would be legal on a street vehicle due to no DOT approval too...personally I'd have no trouble using that type of hose instead of metal tubing that'll rust thru in 2-3 years ,it cant be any worse or more unsafe than rotted flaky OEM brake tubing !...

 

[miniwally]

The race truck I was involved with had no hard brake lines in it, was 100% flexible line and it worked good.

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I run a big mix of hard and flex lines. I'm sure there is a bit of difference if I replaced some of the flex line with hard line but there can't be much.

With the new line tech out these days I would say a good flex line won't be a big issue. However hardline is way more durable and only a little harder to run.