rear brake pipe on disc conversion

[hamer]

hi guys im trying to find a conector for the brake pipe hose to bolt upto
was hoping it would screw straight up to the thread that came out of the drum but its a difrent thread :(
im using female ended extended brake lines that came off a smurai

[Anton]

Do you mean that the brake pipe unions you took out of the drum don't fit the banjo style brake pipes?

Mine did! They're universal ones, I believe, and got a new set at my local motor factors for £1 each, re-flared the brake pipes and screwed them in - job jobbed.

Only replaced the old ones because someone had stripped the old ones of the first mm or so of thread - they still fit just fine.

If I were you, I'd take your flexies down to a local motor factors and get a brake pipe union for each side that mates up to the flexies, and just reflare your pipes to use the new unions.

[hamer]

The thread inside the flexys doesnt look as deep as the fitting that came out of drum...ye mate wat you said thats the case lol

[hamer]

bought some flexys off dave(llama)
all fitted but have no brakes iv blead them up all good but cant get them working tidy
it sort of brakes after a few pumps but then disapears again
its very scary lol
i have aisin samurai on rear and girlin samurai on front
had aisin calibres in the shed so used them,i also have 410 calibres but iv lost the sleaved bolts :(
would it be a case of bleading loads of fluid the the lines till they hold presure?

[ScottieJ]

Is the bleed nipple at the top of the caliper when mounted? If not then there will be an air pocket above it. So you'll need to unbolt the caliper and rotate it so the nipple is at the top while bleeding it.

[hamer]

ye it sits at top mate

[Anton]

What angle do you have the rear Aisins mounted at?

And do they look like this:

[hamer]

Hmm maybe im wrong and tgey not aisin calibres lol
Just looked and they say 3zm on them ?
And flexy goes in at bottom and bleed right at the top mate

[Anton]

Something similar to that?

[hamer]

ye thats it mate