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Brake Pipe's

30 Oct 2005, 4:35pm
On all the pics i have seen the front brake pipe to caliper there is a banjo fitting.
The pipe's that i have got there is a straight fitting. :confused:
What have you other builder's got. :eusa_eh:
Cheers BIG_fella
31 Oct 2005, 10:06pm
My caliper pipes have the round banjo connectors, bolts are in the pack as well
31 Oct 2005, 11:00pm
We have wrong front pipes then... :eusa_wall:
1 Nov 2005, 8:25am
Most of the pipes were wrong on my Sportster kit too. I got my local garage to re-do the ends with the right fittings.

I had ordered that pipe flaring tool from frost.co.uk but found the results to be pretty rubbish.
1 Nov 2005, 9:46am
It should be a straight fitting for the 'T' piece and banjo for the calliper.

There should be 6 pieces. Master cylinder to 'T' piece x2 (straight fittings) then front & rear brake callipers to 'T' piece x4 (straight & banjo).

One problem some people have is the master cylinder connection, as Rover use a couple of different sized fittings, depending on the year & model of donor car.

I have overcome this by adding a couple of short pipe lengths - male for master cylinder - female to connect to supplied pipe.
1 Nov 2005, 10:47am
Ex-Biker wrote:
It should be a straight fitting for the 'T' piece and banjo for the calliper.

There should be 6 pieces. Master cylinder to 'T' piece x2 (straight fittings) then front & rear brake callipers to 'T' piece x4 (straight & banjo).

One problem some people have is the master cylinder connection, as Rover use a couple of different sized fittings, depending on the year & model of donor car.

I have overcome this by adding a couple of short pipe lengths - male for master cylinder - female to connect to supplied pipe.


The way I got round it was to get another master cylinder from the scrappies.