Brake Pipe advice please

[Wrightpayne]

JP,

The dedion tubes from that era are known to fail around the underslung shock mounting - it basically peels out of the tube. On my '98 car I changed it for a later 'upgraded' tube that uses a thicker wall tubing and bracing around the shock mount. It also has predrilled holes for properly attaching the brake pipe with p clips. There is a very old post detailing several tube failures.

Another thing not mentioned is that the flexi pipe conversion is not a fit and forget solution. The flexi lines need to be changed periodically incl the front ones.

[JP]

Thanks #26.  I think I recall the DD failure chat from a while ago.  I think that failure also happened to a mate who used to have an early 90's Swindon HPC.

I suspect changing the flexi lines once the car is put back together will be a fuel tank out job if the p clips are rivetted to the DD tube?

[Paul Richards]

"I suspect changing the flexi lines once the car is put back together will be a fuel tank out job if the p clips are rivetted to the DD tube?"

I think it can be done just by removing boot floor. 

[aerobod - near CYYC]

Yes, that is the case Paul, that's all I did when drilling out the P-clip rivets when swapping to the flex lines.