I finally got around to changing my brake fluid in my 98 SRX yesterday as well as cleaning up the sled and giving it the once over in prep for a trip were planning on Monday and got to thinking about the brake hose.I know in the manual it says to replace it every 4 years or if it gets cracked or damaged but I would like to know if anyone has taken it upon themselves to replace an otherwise good brake hose just because of its age.There's a place in the nearest city to me that makes braided lines and I thought about seeing if I can get them to make me one as long as the fittings are the same.Possibly sometime after the season is over I'll take it up and see if I can get one made.
never done one as preventive maintenance, but if it looked cracked and tired i sure would. all the ones ive done were for bar risers. the braided hoses really enhance the brake system. i also prefer the more expensive synthetic fluid.
horkn
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if they looked like the rubber is craacking, then yeah, replace it. But even out 87 indy trial's hydro brake hose looks perfectly fine, so no reason to change. Heck, I changed the front brake hoses on my sportbike to braided SS ones for better stopping power, but the old original 97 hoses were just fine.
I think there are very few that have actually changed them because the manual says to every 4 yrs.
I think there are very few that have actually changed them because the manual says to every 4 yrs.
Mine actually looks fine externally but I wasn't sure I anyone had one deteriorate inside to the point that the fluid was blocked off.I've seen this happen on a truck wheel where the line collapsed inside and wouldn't allow fluid to flow,took a while to figure that one out as I've never had it happen before.