Brake line makers.

Post by **Liam** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 6:40 pm

Anybody recomend a mobile service that does brake lines in Sydney? (Auburn) Apparently Enzed etc won't do brakes. Taking the car to them will be a PITA and taking a few parts at a time seems like a bigger PITA. I need to get flexi lines made as well as hardlines and brakets, most parts are metric but some aren't...If I have to go to a shop and explain things 100 times it's going to shet me.

Post by **Wendle** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 7:23 am

surely you can work something out with whoever supplies bigballsoffroad with the brakelines you sell?

Post by **Strange Rover** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 7:49 am

I bought a flaring kit for about $60 that does all the steel brake line flares. It works like a champion. Then I just go to the local brake joint to buy all the fittings and steel line and make them up myself. For the flexible ones the same guy makes them up too. Aparantly there arnt many machines around that do the flexible brake lines. He reckons there are only two machines in Brisbane. These must be a few of them in Sydney. You just got to ring around until you find someone that actually has a machine.

And you are right Enzed wont make them here either.

Sam

Post by **Wendle** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 8:01 am

Pirtek will do them here, I assume they have shops across the country??

Post by **Denso** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 1:48 pm

pirtek dont make street legal ones.
Isnt chaos workshop near Auburn?
They made me some custom brakelines a while back?
most places can get them done though.

Sat Jan 11, 2003 2:15 pm

Denso wrote:pirtek dont make street legal ones.
Isnt chaos workshop near Auburn?
They made me some custom brakelines a while back?
most places can get them done though.

What are you on dude?

Pirtek does make street legal brake lines.

Post by **Liam** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 4:10 pm

Pirtek will make them on their premises, but i'd have to take the car there, this is a hassle with no rego and no brakes.
The Big Balls ones are made commercially in quantity, they won't do one off jobs.
I've got one of those flaring tools, but I'd rather not find out the painful way why you're not supossed to make them yourself. Bsides the flaring is the cheap part.

I started the back and forth to the brake joint process today....I could do without the agro. It goes like this:
"mate I need to join these two together etc etc"
"whats it off?"
"It's a suzuki, but it's modified, those are scout calipers "
"They're not suzuki calipers, you've got the wrong calipers"
"I know they're not, are you listening? these are what's fitted, its modified, otherwise I wouldn't need custom lines would I?"
" So you dont have any suzuki calipers?'
"nope, these are what is fitted"
"Why don't you use the suzuki fittings?"
" they don't freakin fit "
" hmmm, this metric fitting is really making a mess of this non metric thread"
Repeat this conversation slightly varied about 20 times with assorted peanuts at the same counter.
It's been a long day.

A1zook · Post by **A1zook** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 4:49 pm

A bit off topic but come Liam wen r we gunna c some pics of your beast sounds as though its gettin close to wheelin :?:

N how many no.s do u now have 4 the series three rocketyhoppa sets :?:

Post by **hophoar** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 4:52 pm

Try one of your local hydrolics workshops. The one up here works pretty well for me and youd be supprised what they stock.

Post by **Denso** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 8:55 pm

mickbj42

sorry mate didnt mean to offend you, IM not sure why you want to know what Im on but IM on my computer at the moment.
Anyway when i was living in Sydney I rang every pirtek in sydney and they said the could make the flexy line but the were not street legal.
so i guess things have changed sinch then.
My mistake

Post by **hypo** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 10:21 pm

Sam,

do u know if u can buy steel fuel line as well ??

Post by **Liam** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 7:35 am

A1, most of the series three's are spoken for now ( majority going overseas ).
I'll get some photos before too long, there's still a thousand small things to do.

Post by **taziiy** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 1:31 pm

burt brothers in fairfield specialise in brakes but u still will prob have to take the car to them theres allways a tow truck ?

Post by **Carl Coight** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 1:44 pm

Pirtek came to my house at Kilcoy 12 months ago and fitted 5 custom lines to my rangie. Perhaps if you had a sample of the fittings(old ones)and the lengths needed, as a last resort you could take them into the store with you.

Post by **NICK** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 1:53 pm

i always get mine made at goldcoast brake and clutch, you go in, or phone them up and tell them the lenght and fitting you want and they are ready to go the next day.

Never paid over 35 each for them, and the longest i have had made was 400mm.

NICK

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