Braided lines? - Page 3

ontwo · 03-24-2010, 11:58 AM

But I got a wristband and stickers with my Galfers

Amber Lamps · 03-24-2010, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Kerry_129

Agreed. The name-brands have a HIGH markup, and I can easily see being able to produce comparable lines for much lower cost. It's just a short length of tubing with 2 swaged ends - very easy to make, and not a lot to screw up.

The braided covering has nothing to do with the rigidity of the line - it's just a covering/reinforcement. The increased resistance to expansion - 'squishiness' - is due to the more rigid teflon tubing.

Wait, the stainless steel braided cover DOES NOT limit the lines expansion?!?

REALLY? So you could make a rubber line with a teflon inner core and it would be the same?

Kerry_129 · 03-24-2010, 12:41 PM

Yep, pretty certain that's the case. If you look at the braiding of the sheath, it's cross-woven. It expands to slip over the tubing, and wouldn't do anything to resist expanding outward if the tubing core expanded (the expansion we're talking about it TINY).

A high-pressure hydraulic line, on the other hand, typically will have a spiral-wound reinforcing wire which actually does reinforce/limit the line's expansion.

03-24-2010, 11:58 AM	#21
ontwo Designated Drinker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: shitville Moto: 2009 ZX6R Posts: 1,661	But I got a wristband and stickers with my Galfers __________________

03-24-2010, 12:41 PM	#23
Kerry_129 Semi-reformed Squid Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 531	Yep, pretty certain that's the case. If you look at the braiding of the sheath, it's cross-woven. It expands to slip over the tubing, and wouldn't do anything to resist expanding outward if the tubing core expanded (the expansion we're talking about it TINY). A high-pressure hydraulic line, on the other hand, typically will have a spiral-wound reinforcing wire which actually does reinforce/limit the line's expansion.