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Author: Subject: Braided Front Hoses MOT Fail
hearnia

posted on 18/8/09 at 10:44 PM Reply With Quote
Braided Front Hoses MOT Fail

Ladies and Gents,

Had an MOT fail on the Indy the other day because my front brake hoses were fouling on the wishbones at full lock.

I have put the necessary 180 degree turn in so the hose coils up nicely, just wondered if anyone has fitted any bracketry to avoid this?

I passed the SVA 3 years ago with the hoses as they are now, using Wilwood front calipers means that the hose is close to the cycle wing bracket anyway.

I've tried cable tying the hose to the wishbone to see if it would work with a bracket but this limits the extension of the hose on the opposite lock.

Any ideas or solutions would be greatly received. Tempted to argue the toss with the guy if there are no solutions available.

Cheers,

Joe





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locoboy

posted on 18/8/09 at 11:01 PM Reply With Quote
Fit longer hoses for MOT then return to braided upon returning home....................





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marcjagman

posted on 18/8/09 at 11:03 PM Reply With Quote
put some anti-rub clips on
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james h

posted on 18/8/09 at 11:44 PM Reply With Quote
Can you just play around with the bend in the hose? i.e. not just necessarily 180 degrees.

My hoses actually have barely any twist and they miss my wishbones by quite a margin. The hoses are the Goodridge ones supplied by MK and I have fitted adapters for the wilwood calipers.

I will try and get a pic to you tomorrow

James

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mad4x4

posted on 19/8/09 at 06:12 AM Reply With Quote
Would you not fail for having "Twisted" brake hoses .....





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Paradoxia0

posted on 19/8/09 at 06:28 AM Reply With Quote
I have no twist in my hoses. I just used some fuel hose split down the middle and cable tied around the hose to protect it from the wishbone. Passed SVA and MOT like that.

Mark





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smart51

posted on 19/8/09 at 09:07 AM Reply With Quote
I put rubber hose round the brake hose and cable tied it to the upper wishbone. It passed SVA and MOT.






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Big_Al

posted on 19/8/09 at 10:45 AM Reply With Quote
You could limit the amount of lock on the steering if it only just fails on full lock.
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DaveFJ

posted on 19/8/09 at 01:16 PM Reply With Quote
I put a 'loop' into mine which seems to deal with the fouling problem and extension at full lock

was going to fit a bungee to hold them in place for SVA but didnt need it in the end. Bungee on the principle that it wouldnt restrict motion at full range.





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hearnia

posted on 19/8/09 at 06:10 PM Reply With Quote
I've managed to tweak the twists so that there is no touching throughout the range of motion.

Was a bit of messing about manipulating them into the right shape but seems to be ok now.

Cheers for your suggestions!





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