Clarik 3/16" X 25 Ft Cupro Nickel (Kunifer) Brake Pipe 1 Roll

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You "can" make a decent flare on the kit in the original link, but IMVHO it's a lot more hit and miss - which aint what you want on brakes!! My point was that there are known failures with copper but not with Kunifer and Kunifer is only a few pounds more so why take the chance !!! But, if you're thinking of doing more maintenance on other vehicles, then a better flaring kit might be required - certainly I have a sykes pikavant flaring tool which I'd highly recommend - a search on here should find you other flaring tools which folk recommend.

I can get 25 feet of copper on my way home from work tomorrow however if I go for Kunifer I've got to mess around with delivery which i'll miss then have to go & fetch it at the weekend. Although copper is readily available cheap, I wonder why maunufacturers don't use it as factory fitted. There must be a reason. i would rather pay more and do the job once, right, than find out it could have been done better once I've used copper. If you see what I mean.

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The typical metal brake pipe must be fine for half the world that doesn't salt their roads so it's obviously profit driven. of the things on my “to do” list before the next MOT is to replace the rear brake pipes, one of which is corroded and has been covered (flagged on the last 2 MOTs) and has been in that state since I bought it. I taught myself pipe making. Practice makes perfect. Buy a range of end fittings, and through connectors. Also, practice double flares, and bubble flares... In a hydraulic braking system, the brake pipes of the vehicle are filled with the brake fluid reservoir integrated with the brake master cylinder and connected down to the slave cylinders in each wheel underneath your vehicle.

Here you can view our range of oil feed line kits, individual components and accessories suitable for use with turbo oil feed systems. Yes, it's fine to make your own brake pipes. As some have said, the pure copper pipes are prob not the best, and the Knifer copper is better.Only thing to look out for is to get the right version, there's a metric/DIN one and an imperial one.

We typically aim to manufacturer and deliver your complete brake pipe set to your door within 2 working days to the UK Many thanks for this write up. It is likely to be invaluable when i have to do mine sometime soon. Is the copper pipe any good for this? Also are the union nuts standard metric ones? I restored a Triumph Herald 19 years ago and fitted your pipes and silicone fluid, I have not needed to touch them at all in all this time, I must say excellent products. Once again thank you for your help." Regards, Craig

Welcome to the Forum of the UK's National Street Rod Association - we hope you'll find it interesting and useful. i have always used copper and never had a problem as mentioned earlier as long as its secured properly and it is flared correctly i dont see a problem, its my guess that the pipes that fail have been damaged in some way when they were fitted.