All Things Mk5 > Performance Modifications
Fitting R32 brakes
Dubtek:
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Only stating facts, the guy has already fitted OEM hoses so not pitching in for a sale :scared:
Rubber hose expands under pressure, thats what happens. The only way this is transmitted to the driver is through the pedal. Whether or not you've experienced or felt it before this is when the pedal has a small amount of travel (spongyness), this being the air in the system caused by the expansion and retraction of the rubber hose.
E30Dom:
I thought all oem hoses were braided anyway? Just with a rubber coating... They are certainly not just rubber tubes...
DaveB@Vagbremtechnic:
--- Quote from: Dubtek on August 23, 2011, 07:29:44 pm ---Offer is permenantly in the discounts section here - http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,30570.0.html
We tend to be doing at least half a dozen sets of custom lines a day most weeks now for people changing brake systems to ones from other cars. We have all the listings for OEM specs so its not hard to work out whats needed other than sometimes a bit of extra length depending on where the new caliper mounts and where the hose sits, but in terms of VAG conversion hoses we are pretty sorted in that dept, and also supply the likes of Dave B from this forum with his lines for all the non-std kits he offers for the Mk5/6's....
Just drop us a pm if we can be of any help. :happy2:
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I have never ever bought a set of Brake lines from this company.........so now I'm confused.
I also specify my own hoses to my own custom spec and don't use HEL's drawings.......
Dubtek:
Apologies my bad Dave, I know you use our (HEL) stuff to make your own custom spec lines and buy through a dealer of ours. :happy2: (Same people HEL/Dubtek, the latter is just a personal offshoot owing to my own interest in VAG world)
And Dom no there is certainly no inner 'braid' on a rubber OEM hose. Sometimes a cotton reinforcement within the hose wall itself, but not specifically a braided section. Even if there was the fact that the rubber would still expand and contract under pressure would still mean you'd experience the same problem.
DaveB@Vagbremtechnic:
Ahh Ok....hence my confusion...
Still waiting on a correct fitting for rear hoses to get them to fit into the caliper - if you need a sample let me know, be worthwhile doing as they're rife through VAG B5/B7 A4, A6. Mk5 Platform TT's
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