Stagea Braided Brake Lines

[hoy32]

Hey guys! Need some help ASAP! I have installed r34 gtt rear calipers to my stagea and today my pedal went straight to the floor and fluid was pissing out!

Just wondering if anyone knows if r34 braided brake lines will suit the stagea hard lines or if I have to get them custom made? I though I may as well replace the standard lines with braided ones incase the leak is coming from the stock line!

Thanks in advanced!

[Daleo]

Hey guys! Need some help ASAP! I have installed r34 gtt rear calipers to my stagea and today my pedal went straight to the floor and fluid was pissing out!

Just wondering if anyone knows if r34 braided brake lines will suit the stagea hard lines or if I have to get them custom made? I though I may as well replace the standard lines with braided ones incase the leak is coming from the stock line!

Thanks in advanced!

You'd be better removing the lines & getting your local performance brake shop to replicate them in Braided line; it's not as expensive as you might think.

[scotty nm35]

Did you remove the restrictor in the fluid entry hole before fitting? Simply changing the lines won't fix the issue.

[hoy32]

Da f*k is with that last post?? Yeah I removed the ferrule from the caliper. They have been fine for the past few months. Haven't had a good look yet. Any recommendations for braided lines?

[260tech]

Hey guys! Need some help ASAP! I have installed r34 gtt rear calipers to my stagea and today my pedal went straight to the floor and fluid was pissing out!

Just wondering if anyone knows if r34 braided brake lines will suit the stagea hard lines or if I have to get them custom made? I though I may as well replace the standard lines with braided ones incase the leak is coming from the stock line!

Thanks in advanced!

Hi there, pics of the end fittings or of complete hoses, front & rear perhaps?

On my 260RS the front braided lines were easily sourced from Japan however the rears had an odd mounting block type fitting at each end which I could not find in braided configuration. My solution was to use R33 GTR style all round & make custom brackets for the rear lines, doing away with the block to chassis weird end fitting. Also, I have a surplus pair of new unused Nismo front braided lines part number 46200-RSR45. These may only fit wgnc34 260RS. (Dunno) Open to horse trading.

Did this little exercise a few years ago now, 2007 & have had no issues. Some say it is naughty to mess with things (brakes) that should be ADR approved so my suggestion is you go with what Dale said earlier. Maltech in Victoria do braided lines for the people who want them. Could probably pin down your leak no doubt, at the same time.

From the pics attached you will see my problem hopefully. I could only source rear braided lines with a mounting block on one end & conventional round connection on the other, hence rear bracket mods. I did go to Maltech for some trial rear lines, sent my old rubber lines as a pattern but the supplied result was unsatisfactory. I could not stop them weeping fluid so I sent them back. I realise the answer in the workshops is to reef the tube nuts up until the connections stop misbehaving but this was anathema to me. (wrong) Besides, I had already tightened them up as far as I was prepared to go without stripping the tube nuts.

Tread your own path as they say.

Cheers GW