SS brake line recommendations?

Pete_89T2 · 12-01-2012, 10:46 AM

Update - I called Mazdatrix last Monday to see if they might have sent me the wrong lines or if maybe the ones I had were defective/out of spec. Turns out they sent me the correct part #, but they also said that the fittings Goodridge uses from one batch to the next batch are often different. Apparently Goodridge only specs these fittings to match the type of hydraulic connection (e.g., banjo size and/or flare type & thread size/pitch). They don't spec the fitting's body diameter that is supposed to fit thru the stock brackets on the body or shock tubes. So bottom line is some batches will fit and some won't.

While we were on the phone, I asked the MT guy to take diameter measurements of a set of line fittings he had in stock (same part #), while I did the same with the lines I had for comparison. My lines were about 0.8 mm larger in diameter, which was enough to make it impossible to fit thru the stock brackets without a grinding job. They agreed to send me that "smaller" fitting set to swap out with, and did so with a UPS pre-paid label for the return shipment. I like good customer support - MT is a class act!

Replacement lines arrived yesterday, and I took comparison measurements against the stock rubber lines. Turns out this set is only 0.01 mm larger in diameter than the stock rubber line fittings, and should either drop right in or be tight fit. So the mystery of why some Goodridge lines fit and others (with same part #) don't has been solved.

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12-01-2012, 10:46 AM	#14
Pete_89T2 Lifetime Rotorhead Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Elkton, MD Posts: 874 Rep Power: 16	Update - I called Mazdatrix last Monday to see if they might have sent me the wrong lines or if maybe the ones I had were defective/out of spec. Turns out they sent me the correct part #, but they also said that the fittings Goodridge uses from one batch to the next batch are often different. Apparently Goodridge only specs these fittings to match the type of hydraulic connection (e.g., banjo size and/or flare type & thread size/pitch). They don't spec the fitting's body diameter that is supposed to fit thru the stock brackets on the body or shock tubes. So bottom line is some batches will fit and some won't. While we were on the phone, I asked the MT guy to take diameter measurements of a set of line fittings he had in stock (same part #), while I did the same with the lines I had for comparison. My lines were about 0.8 mm larger in diameter, which was enough to make it impossible to fit thru the stock brackets without a grinding job. They agreed to send me that "smaller" fitting set to swap out with, and did so with a UPS pre-paid label for the return shipment. I like good customer support - MT is a class act! Replacement lines arrived yesterday, and I took comparison measurements against the stock rubber lines. Turns out this set is only 0.01 mm larger in diameter than the stock rubber line fittings, and should either drop right in or be tight fit. So the mystery of why some Goodridge lines fit and others (with same part #) don't has been solved.