Miata Mailing List: March 1998, Message #46

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Can you say #45 bit and drill motor?

Tom Blough
tblough@snet.net

A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach.
It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system.
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), French author, filmmaker



-----Original Message-----
From:	Dennis & Evelyn Taylor 
Sent:	Saturday, February 28, 1998 12:00 PM
To:	'Tom Blough'; 'Multiple recipients of list'
Subject:	RE: Re: ss brake lines

To the best of my knowledge none of these fasteners are drilled to accept lock-wire.

Dennis
DESA Racing
http://www.desaracing.com


On Saturday, February 28, 1998 6:39 AM, Tom Blough [SMTP:tblough@snet.net] wrote:
> Can you say "safety wire"?
> 
> Tom Blough
> tblough@snet.net
> 
> A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach.
> It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system.
> Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), French author, filmmaker
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dennis & Evelyn Taylor 
> Sent:	Friday, February 27, 1998 8:45 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	RE: Re: ss brake lines
> 
> On Friday, February 27, 1998 2:44 PM, Sonja62786 [SMTP:Sonja62786@aol.com] 
> wrote:
> 
> > Phil, tell me me more. I have been using braided brake lines on both my 
> cars
> > and motorcycles for years, and never had any problem nor ever thought 
> there
> > was one, but again I replace my brake lines on a schedule whether strock 
> or
> > braided.
> >
> > My question: why are braided lines more prone than a stock line to
> > catastrophic failure, and why would the danger of their bursting at speed 
> be
> > any different than for any other type of line. I had never considered 
> that
> > there was a down side to their use, and I am surprised there is one. It 
> would
> > seem that as their "swelling" is contained that the mechanical fatigue of 
> the
> > material would, if anything, be lessened.
> >
> > Thanks for any info!
> >
> > Sonja and Old Blue
> >
> > "It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly 
> not
> > desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off."  - Woody Allen
> >
> 
> Sonja,
> 
> Now that braided lines are dot approved I'm not sure if it still applies; 
> but, a good friend of mine who was active racing 356's, 911, and 935 told 
> me that the reason he wouldn't run them on the street was because they 
> tended to come loose. He felt that it was their stiffness that caused them 
> to work loose thus the need for routine maintenance. One thing he wasn't 
> concerned with was a braided line bursting. He felt they were considerable 
> stronger. I plan to use braided lines on my car but I also plan to keep 
> close tabs on it.
> 
> Dennis
> DESA Racing
> http://www.desaracing.com
>  
> 
>