tagy 1 Posted June 29, 2006 Driving along fine. hit the brakes and the pedal goes to the floor with not much braking.. luckily I managed to stop by down changing and the handbrake. I was still able to get the front brakes working a decent amount by standing on the pedal, but you wouldn't want to try and stop suddenly. After inspecting it, the rear hose has been rubbing on the bodywork and worn through. what gone wrong here? Is the hose twisted? dosn't look that bad, it is lowered quite a bit which might not help. Gonna whack a new hose on, and make sure it isn't rubbing this time.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hengti 2 Posted June 29, 2006 glad to hear you managed to stop it ok guess lowering doesn't help, but it should be possible to route hoses ok regardless i'd have thought braided hose to be on the safe® side? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duroc 2 1 Cars Posted June 29, 2006 braided hose to be on the safe® side? Definitely.Just get some ss braided hoses on it. Not only will they be much more durable, 'peddle feel' will be greatly improved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackherer 543 Posted June 30, 2006 is your rear beam excessively cambered? whats the other side like? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edp 67 3 Cars Posted July 2, 2006 Jesus, thats scary! Braided hose time me thinks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pugrallye 0 Posted July 2, 2006 will need to route them to avoid that kink and bend towards the arch, your best off unbolting rear caliper when you do this so you can fiddle about getting it right Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C_W 3 1 Cars Posted July 2, 2006 That hose doesn't look that old to me. I doubt braided hoses would have helped here as that would have eventually worn through too. What's happened is that whoever has fitted it hasn't taken into account that the position of the rear hose in the slots is critical to clear the inner arch (you can see the four studs on where the hose bolts to that locates it and alters the angle of the hose) and its been rubbing on the inner arch ever since. It needed twisting round in the slots a bit more to clear the inner arch. Probably best to check the otherside. It happened to mine (I fitted the hose!!!!) and only weeks before I'd been on a trackday, brakes were fine and were fine on the road right up until the hose burst. You need to keep the hose so that it doesn't protude further than the hub/caliper. Once the hose is tightened in the caliper place it in the bracket and twist it a bit if needed to keep the looped part as upright as possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tagy 1 Posted July 2, 2006 It was a new hose a couple of months ago, I didn't fit it. There isn't any camber on the beam. Have put a new one on now correctly as described above, so it is not rubbing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
