REFLECTOR: Nylaflow insert for brake line

[Kurt Winker]

I had the same problem. I got the correct stuff from the factory. 

Kurt.


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On Sep 27, 2012, at 13:11, Brian Michalk <michalk at awpi.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the tip on the scuffing.
> 
> The inserts say it's for their SK8201 tubing.  If you look at their tubing, they are only selling the "T" suffix of tubing which is the thin walled tubing.  We are using the "H" or heavy walled tubing.  I guess I can always call or email them.
> 
> On 9/27/2012 2:05 PM, Brett Ferrell wrote:
>> Scuff the pad and rotor with 1,000 grit paper and clean with brake cleaner, I'm told, will deal with a glazed brake.
>> 
>> Inserts - Wicks (3/16" 2030x4 is what you want, I believe and 1/4" 2030x5)
>> 
>> --
>> Brett Ferrell
>> bferrell at fastmail.fm
>>  
>>  
>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012, at 02:21 PM, Brian Michalk wrote:
>> 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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