It gets curiouser and curiouser...
Bob
Lib596@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Just an update on the story of my mysterious brake failure in France.
>
> The shop have now examined the brakes and replaced the pipes.
>
> It turns out the end of the pipe was still in the block connector above the
> axel. It had snapped off directly behind the flare, which explains why the
> brakes lasted for 1500 miles before they failed. It still does not explain
> how it could have happened at all. Even, if the pipe was flexing, I would
> have expected it to break behind the union and not within the block itself
> where it was held tight.. For what it is worth, the lines were not pure
> copper but cupro-nickel which is far stronger. I can only assume the pipe was
> damaged or weakened behind the flare before it was installed. The guys at the
> shop are as mystified as I am, but at least they replaced the lines without
> argument and we parted on good terms. All the same, I will be even more
> cautious than ever about checking my brakes from now on.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tony V.
>
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