Someone just showed me how easy it is to make your own brake hoses.
Obviously takes a bit of mechanical confidence and your own risk assessment, but i'll never buy brake hoses again. It's not necessarily cheaper the first time but every 5 years you reuse all the bits except the olives and make new ones for free (well a couple of bucks for the hose and the olives).
The last 2 words say "PRESSURE TEST"
Have you got the kit and knowledge to test your home brewed line at around 1000psi/70 Bar?.......or are you just going to take the chance?
:D
Dont worry Sledge, we love you too !
Even Buddha, even though he pretends not to :tongue2:!
Pressure test - well, once you torque it etc etc, I cant imagine it leaking. AAAAAANNNNNDDDD
Do companies like galfer etc that make swaged lines pressure test them ? All of them - like the ones they sell for $30 ??? Or Just the ones on Valentino Rossi's bike ???
You sure ?
BTW I like the bolted together fittings precisely because if they fail in the field - You can replace it piece by piece till you find the failed part. Usually its the nut that's holding the torque wrench that forgot something - like a ferrule for example.
Cool.
Buddha.
Yeah, I figure If I can't do this properly then I should stop doing the complicated stuff😉
Do companies like galfer etc that make swaged lines pressure test them ? All of them
Galfer are an ISO9001 company.......they dont need to.