Perhaps when the axles were lengthened, Triumph just lengthened the hoses to accommodate. Afterwards, they obviously added the solid piping. Maybe due to the longer hoses having a possibility of rubbing against the axle shafts.
(Simply speculation) Joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Braun Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Spits] rear brake hoses 1972 cars definitely do NOT have the short section of pipe. I have a factory MK IV parts book, and it does not show the pipe. Doug Braun '72 Spit --- Stuart Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I was removing the outer drive shafts from my > 1971 MkIV spit I noticed that the flex brake hose ( > I have the Aeroquipe type) are only just long > enough when the car is jacked up and the rear > suspension is fully unloaded and drops until the > shock absorber is fully extended. When I look in > the Mk IV ROM, section 70.15.17 there is a nice > drawing showing that flex holes connects to the rear > wheel cylinder.... as mine does. However in the > Rimmers catalogue, page 106 it suggests that the > flex hose doesn't connect to the cylinder but to > another length of pipe before it goes to the > cylinder. Is the Rimmers picture just for the > single line system fitted to early cars rather than > the tandem dual line system? > > > Stuart A Greenwood > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Triumph Spiitfire Mk IV, Triumph Stag Mk I > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > [email protected] > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires > > http://www.team.net/archive [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
