REFLECTOR: main gear brake lines

[Scott Derrick]

I like the idea of a tube within a tube.  HD is always on my list of 
stops when I make it into the "Big" city.

If I can't find it at HD, we do have a Shell Station in town and I'll 
try Brent's suggestion.

thanks folks,

Scott

Rene Dugas wrote:
> I used a cloudy white tubing from Home Depot.  I do not remember the
> size.  I carried a piece and slipped the nylaflow through to confirm the
> passage.  Has worked well and is still movable at 450+ hrs flying.  Plan
> to replace the nylaflow at 5 yr annual this winter.  I covered mine with
> glass and I have not upgraded to the carbon.  I have pulled the gear
> door attachment point off the gear leg once on a VERY hard landing at a
> fishing camp in North Arkansas on a turf strip.  I repaired it with
> epoxy two years ago.
>
> Rene'
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Scott Derrick
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:18 AM
> To: Velocity List
> Subject: REFLECTOR: main gear brake lines
>
> I'm starting the process of beefing up my main gear legs with carbon 
> fiber wraps and wanted to ditch the externsl stainless covered rubber 
> brake lines in favor of embedded nylo-flow lines as per the manual.
>
> Questions:
>
> I have 3/16 nyla-flow running to the firewall from the master 
> cylinders.  Would it be bad to run 1/8 line down the legs.  I can't 
> imagine that would restrict the flow during application all that much. 
>
> Also I would like to do the soda straw technique or some other way of 
> building a tube in the leg for the nyla-flow to be inserted into so it 
> could be changed out easily if needed.  Any great ideas on how to do 
> this with ease?
>
> Scott
>
>   

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