About 10,000 miles ago according to the receipts, the previous owner installed stainless steel brake lines to replace the factory ones. Last nite while i was driving, a minivan cut out in front of me and i went for the brakes and heard a pop and guess wat happened.... pedal went straight to the floor. Fortunately i downshifted and pulled up on the handbrake and stopped in time and no damage was dun except for those two long skids marks i left...
I limped the car home, pulled off the front driver side wheel and see the line was cut. It seems as if the line running from the firewall to the cylinder was a little bit too long was bended a lil 2 far i assume when the wheel travels up and down and cut itself. Just like how if you took a garden hose and bend it in half. I guess the stainless steel mesh split apart a lil and cut the rubber hose on the inside. This is just a warning that stainless steel brakes are not indestructible and make sure they are installed correctly. Im glad they didnt go out on me on the highway...... i dont know maybe he bought some universal kit or installed a kit tht was made for a different car or a different model supra cause i dont believe the lines should almost make a loop.
I limped the car home, pulled off the front driver side wheel and see the line was cut. It seems as if the line running from the firewall to the cylinder was a little bit too long was bended a lil 2 far i assume when the wheel travels up and down and cut itself. Just like how if you took a garden hose and bend it in half. I guess the stainless steel mesh split apart a lil and cut the rubber hose on the inside. This is just a warning that stainless steel brakes are not indestructible and make sure they are installed correctly. Im glad they didnt go out on me on the highway...... i dont know maybe he bought some universal kit or installed a kit tht was made for a different car or a different model supra cause i dont believe the lines should almost make a loop.
