Staple balls
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| posted on 28/11/03 at 01:28 PM |
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mk brake pipe kit
is the mk brake set thingy any good? and would i still be needing a pipe flarerer and whatever if i got it?
cheers
alex
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Hellfire
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| posted on 28/11/03 at 06:28 PM |
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MK Brake Kit
We bought the said Kit and yes it is good - depends also where and what you're going to mount your flexi's to.
Have a gander in our website and see what we had to do with it... oh and yes we had a flanger.
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Staple balls
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| posted on 28/11/03 at 06:35 PM |
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thanks, i'd already had a looksee at your site 
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locoboy
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| posted on 28/11/03 at 09:05 PM |
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cant beat a good bit of flanging late in the wee hours of the morning eh Hellfire 
ATB
Locoboy
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Hellfire
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| posted on 29/11/03 at 01:24 AM |
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Flanging...
can't beat a good bit of flanging Col... one word of warning - when you hand make the tool it's best if you anneal the copper pipe first
as the bell end gets a bit stiff after a while. Best to use a bit of vaseline to get it well lubed up - then it easier to pull the flange from the
bell end after you've done the dirty... if you get my drift?
Course if it's a male flange you obviously have to do it a second time to get the bullnose to form the flange back in again... HEHE!!!
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locoboy
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| posted on 1/12/03 at 04:54 PM |
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too true 
ATB
Locoboy
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Mk-Ninja
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| posted on 1/12/03 at 06:34 PM |
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Ive just fitted the brake pipes to my indy, without having change or flange anything.
I dont know if I should be pleased or not, sounds like Im missing out.
Gordon
I'm sure I've got one, just don't know where I've put it
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MK7
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| posted on 2/12/03 at 09:10 PM |
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My 2 cents
I bought the MK kit and found it most challenging to work out a route that would allow the pipes to end in the right places for the flexies to fit. I
must have had them in and out 3 or 4 times and on each ocassion there is a risk of damaging the pipe.
Eventually I got them in but I'm convinced they're not in the place they are supposed to be.
I made the decision that if I was going to do this again I'd buy all the bits and a decent flanging tool and do it all myself. I really
don't see the benefit in buying the pipes ready assembled.
Russell
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Staple balls
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| posted on 2/12/03 at 09:23 PM |
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yeah, i'd seen a few things like that about the Mk kit, and seeing as a local car shop were doing 25' of brake pipe for £8, i decided
it'd work out better to sort it myself
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Hellfire
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 12:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MK7
I made the decision that if I was going to do this again I'd buy all the bits and a decent flanging tool and do it all myself. I really
don't see the benefit in buying the pipes ready assembled.
Russell
Having bought the kit, fitted it, took some of it out and bought some more pipe to route it the way we wanted, I would tend to agree with you Russ.
Thing is though..... when you're a bit green to brake pipe fitting, it seems like a potential minefield. Like all things, once you understand
how it all fits together and have a practice it really is quite simple.
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 03:42 PM |
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I'm swapping my flaring tool, flanging sounds so much better. Actually I was looking for a flanger earlier but it's a guitar effect,
nothing to do with brakes.
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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MK7
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 11:49 PM |
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Thanks Pete :-)
But the sentiment remains. I bought the MK kit cos I was green.
Several times during the assembly process I became red 
Having been through the process only once, in my books it's once too often.
Having said that I've never used either a flanging kit or a flaring kit so I could be talking complete bovine feces...
...but somehow I doubt it, I mean, how difficult can it be to flare a copper pipe with the right tool?
Russell
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