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Life of stainless braided brake lines

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by iandmac, Apr 24, 2011.

  1. iandmac

    iandmac Member

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    Hi all, just getting my head around the brakes on my XJ750R - 45T

    According to the manual, rubber brake lines have a safe service life of four years, do stainless/teflon lines have a specified life limit or do they need periodic pressure testing to prove them ? Also a number of posts report fitting stainless lines imroves braking performance, is it just a more solid feel on the lever or an actual improvement in stopping distance ? Is there any test data on this that anyone knows of ?

    Cheers, Ian
     
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    I just replaced my lines with the stainless steel lines from Chacal and I can tell you it definitely made a difference. The feel is better and the stopping distance is better also. It was only a few $ difference between rubber ones and the s/s ones.
     
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    The SS lines are positively better than 28? year old original brake lines. A very noticable improvement, yes a more positive feel, less squeezing at th lever needed for a quicker result. I was surprised at th difference ..make sure you do a good job on th fluid bleeding as well(another ballgame) As i recall mine have a 'lifetime' warranty.
     
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    My set also has a lifetime warranty, since the original rubber lines made it 25 years i would think a better quality stainless set is goint to last much longer.
    Stainless lines will make you stop quicker, no doubt about it.
     
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    it will be lots of fun when my rubber lines blow
     
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