REFLECTOR: Nylaflow insert for brake line

Brian Michalk michalk at awpi.com
Thu Sep 27 13:21:24 CDT 2012


I did some high speed taxi testing this weekend, and got the brakes 
pretty hot, to the point of fading.  I could tell that my right brakes 
were a little better than the left side, and kept pressing harder and 
harder on the left until it popped the nylaflow off of the master cylinder.

I am trying to find the brass inserts for the thick nylaflow, but can't 
seem to locate them anywhere.  It seems to me that I originally had 
inserts, but now that I've rebuilt, I can't locate them.

The ID of the Nylaflow is .111, and I may just go buy some brass stock 
that will do the job.  Does anyone know where to get the inserts?  Wicks 
has some, but it looks like they are for the thin walled Nylaflow.

By the way, my right brake is making a lot of dust, and looks healthy.  
The left one is very clean, and is probably glazed, causing me to put a 
lot of pressure on it.

When it happened, I coasted as far as possible to the end of the runway, 
shut off the engine, and jabbed the good brake.  By that time I was 
pretty slow and went about three feet into the grass.


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