Buzz Blaber

well i was going up to southend tonight went to meet some others at pease potage all was fine,
left pease potage leading cars (thankfully) car in front was turning so i went to brake and nothing tried 3 more times will pulling on the handbreak nothing
the front of side had split by the suspention joint

thing is when the recovery lorry arrived he said brake proplems, i said yes, he said, bet your got braded hoses on the front this is common

they are only six months old

any feed back please

FB Tuning

iTrader: (30)

Whats caused it to split? - Has it been rubbing on something and worn through?

I bought a spiral type plastic overwrap to cover the Goodridge lines on my car.

Buzz Blaber

when you have lock on it caused them to kink

will take it of tommorow and inspect further

KEVWRX95

I've got braided hoses all round on my scoob, bought about three years ago.......no probs at all.....................
If your brakes went on the front why did your rears not work when you pulled the handbrake up?

Buzz Blaber

sorry bit miss guideing, hand brake was all that stoped me

tath

eh? no split circuit on scoobies?

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Common thing with Braided hoses, as they give no early indication of fatigue or pending failure like double skinned and corded rubber hoses that were orginally fitted.

Combined with that IMO quality standards differs greatly to OE spec rubber hoses, which makes me wonder what their intended life span or usage is. Certain hoses actually have braids that chafes into the inner tubing and wears it until it eventually splits (teflon coated braided hoses are supposed to address this). Also there are cases where the ends of the hoses are poorly crimped, where a light tug at the hose can actually cause the hose to pull completely off - not clever if it snags on something!