Braided steel brake lines

[Nessism]

I'd much rather have the crimped connections, personally. Nothing's going to come loose.

I have a Speigler line on my VX800 (single rotor), and it's much nicer and cleaner looking, and I have a bit more confidence in it.

What makes you think crimp on lines are any more secure than bolt on?

The bolt on lines compress the ferrel into the teflon inner liner whichs effects the seal. I've taken some of these apart after bolting them down and the teflon is crushed down but not overly pinched off. A friend that works building race cars said that the bolt on lines are more consistent in their sealing since the ferrel crush is determined by the dimensional shape on the fittings instead of an adjustment of the crimp machine.

Of course everyone needs to use what they are comfortable using. I for one am not worried.

[Flaggo60]

I had it done back in the late eighties-the local shop, a large Kawasaki dealer, did it for me. I'm not sure of the mfr. The fact that they have been on nearly twenty years and are still excellent says a who;e lot for the system.

[TheCafeKid]

What makes you think crimp on lines are any more secure than bolt on?

The bolt on lines compress the ferrel into the teflon inner liner whichs effects the seal. I've taken some of these apart after bolting them down and the teflon is crushed down but not overly pinched off. A friend that works building race cars said that the bolt on lines are more consistent in their sealing since the ferrel crush is determined by the dimensional shape on the fittings instead of an adjustment of the crimp machine.

Of course everyone needs to use what they are comfortable using. I for one am not worried.

as far as crushfitting/presurejoints go, they are a bit more secure than crimped simply in the sense that the metal itself as not been compromised by bending it. Having replaced 959485845 hydraulic/hydrostatic lines in bobcats, they all use pressure fittings and quick connects. That stuff not only is at high pressure, but because the wheels and PTO/external devices are driven by Hydrostatic pressure, its also EXTREMELY hot...you would have a blowout of the line itself before the fitting gave out, and thats most often what happened.