Can anyone share with me what tubing sizes I'd need to replace all my fuel/air/vacuum/brake lines with silicone tubing? Maybe a good place to buy them as well? No one local sells metric tubing. The heat here is going to keep wrecking this tubing and I figure while I'm wrenching on the rest of the bike, I may as well start replacing all my tubes since I cracked a handful of them taking stuff apart.
thanks!
Fuel: 7mm or 1/4" (snug) or 5/16" (loose), but use fuel line. Tygon is apparently the best route.
Vaccuum: ?mm, 1/8" seems to fit. Ish. I might know soon how bad an idea using aquarium tubing was. Or it might be fine. Meh.
Brake: Uhhhhh, no. Stainlesss.
i've used water bladder tubing for a quick fix to get myself home about a year ago, after the tubing just cracked and gave way.. it did me about 20 miles.
but yeah. 5/16ths is good, more space for the fuel to flow through = less resistance. just make sure to use little pipe clamps [don't over tighten its only plastic!]
Quote from: floatingLomas on January 18, 2015, 08:34:50 PM
Fuel: 7mm or 1/4" (snug) or 5/16" (loose), but use fuel line. Tygon is apparently the best route.
Vaccuum: ?mm, 1/8" seems to fit. Ish. I might know soon how bad an idea using aquarium tubing was. Or it might be fine. Meh.
Brake: Uhhhhh, no. Stainlesss.
What about air lines?