Mark. I can certainly relate to this. If you have removed the fairing, you will see something surprising. The brake lines have a flexible section and a section that is rigid tubing. the assembly is not anchored at the coupling between rigid and flexible but higher up, there is a bracket around the rigid tubing screwed to the leg. Flexing begins at this point and if you remove the attaching bracket you will find that the bracket has worn a groove and a hole into the tubing. To fix this the best thing is to replace the entire piece of tubing that attaches to a coupling that goes through the web of the main spar in most coupes, and the coupling on the flexible hose. To repair it, and prevent it from happening again, make a small angle bracket to anchor the coupling of the flex hose to the leg so the fixed tubing does not flex. I have a drawing I can send you of this modification I made to my coupes if you would like it. Other coupes might have the coupling going through a hole in the bracket on the leg to minimize flexing. A Fairclough N87333 N94694
