gday all.
i got a 2" lift braided brake hose kit, that also included the two front brake hoses (that don't need adjusting for the lift). But the head of the hoses that bolt on to the caliper housing doesn't have the right retainer pin setup. The head has a bit of protruding metal with a hole and there's a pin that goes through that and a hole in the housing, such that the connection won't rotate over time and loosen with the exertion it receives every time you turn the wheel.
I have now come to realize that the ones I had on there were not original, as both were different lengths, and the holes in the head for the pins weren't centered as you expect and looked like they had been bored out. The new hoses, apparently for my specific model, have connector holes that are roughly 4mm diameter and the hole in the caliper housing is just a tad over 5mm, furthermore the axis of both holes doesn't even line up.
So (1) I'm pretty sure the kit hoses are wrong at least in where the pin hole axis lies. (2) I think the previous owner also did some dodgy work to adapt non-original hoses for bigger pins. (3) there's also a possibility the previous owner drilled out bigger holes in the caliper housing as well. but without seeing what genuine original hoses and pins look like i can't determine which is exactly the fault, if not all.
So can someone show me what theirs looks like and maybe even measure the diameter of the retaining pin for me?
i will order some OEM ones regardless, but i first want to determine if something's been messed up.
Cheers,
i got a 2" lift braided brake hose kit, that also included the two front brake hoses (that don't need adjusting for the lift). But the head of the hoses that bolt on to the caliper housing doesn't have the right retainer pin setup. The head has a bit of protruding metal with a hole and there's a pin that goes through that and a hole in the housing, such that the connection won't rotate over time and loosen with the exertion it receives every time you turn the wheel.
I have now come to realize that the ones I had on there were not original, as both were different lengths, and the holes in the head for the pins weren't centered as you expect and looked like they had been bored out. The new hoses, apparently for my specific model, have connector holes that are roughly 4mm diameter and the hole in the caliper housing is just a tad over 5mm, furthermore the axis of both holes doesn't even line up.
So (1) I'm pretty sure the kit hoses are wrong at least in where the pin hole axis lies. (2) I think the previous owner also did some dodgy work to adapt non-original hoses for bigger pins. (3) there's also a possibility the previous owner drilled out bigger holes in the caliper housing as well. but without seeing what genuine original hoses and pins look like i can't determine which is exactly the fault, if not all.
So can someone show me what theirs looks like and maybe even measure the diameter of the retaining pin for me?
i will order some OEM ones regardless, but i first want to determine if something's been messed up.
Cheers,
