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Brake pipe failure
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Nah on the cab it's the steel pipe that they marked up with the Yellow Crayon of Death™ but think I know where they were on about now, gave it a good clean up and there's some really nasty deep pits on the inside of the bend below the usual crud, definitely wouldn't trust my life to it anyway.

Those last bits of line on the back are pretty vulnerable on most torsion beam pugs I think, the plastic covering (actually think it's just painted TBF, noticed when cutting back original pipes on 206's that brake fluid makes it shrivel and fall off like paint! Not what you'd expect really, PSA...) always seems to be chipped/knocked about somehow. Not sure if it's stone damage or cack handed wheel changing but once the covering's chipped salt really gets in them more than the front.

I've always used plain copper for re-piping brakes as it's cheap and super easy to work with but for the cost difference might give CuNiFer a go as it's supposed to not work harden over time like straight copper. Not that I've ever heard of copper brake pipes cracking with old age...
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Brake pipe failure - by Mighty306 - 30-06-2020, 12:26 PM
RE: Brake pipe failure - by ekjdm14 - 09-08-2020, 10:37 PM
RE: Brake pipe failure - by Mighty306 - 10-08-2020, 11:24 AM
RE: Brake pipe failure - by ekjdm14 - 15-08-2020, 03:27 PM

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