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Re: '72 C-10 Front Brake Hoses?
There is certainly nothing wrong with braided stainless hoses, and I've used them over the years. But "rubber" hoses get a bad rap because some folks, even vendors (!) think brake fluid runs inside the rubber hose, just like coolant runs inside a heater hose. Here's how they are actually constructed:
The hose itself is actually made of three parts. The inner liner is a corrosion and brake-fluid resistant compound (normally PTFE / Teflon-based) designed purely to keep the brake fluid in. Around the outside of that, there’s a steel webbed mesh. This is what gives the brake hose its strength and stops it from bulging and deforming. And around the outside of that there’s a slightly thicker rubber coating, which is there to weatherproof the steel mesh. The three layers together give strength, flexibility and durability.
So, you have to ask yourself if hoses with stainless braid are worth the extra cost vs. stock-type hoses with steel mesh and rubber coating.
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Mike
1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 34 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes.
1982 C10 SWB -- sold
1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it!
1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming.
Retired as a factory automation products salesman.
Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop.
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