The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Has anybody using Trackerjack brakes modified the flexi-hose from the chassis to the calliper ?

Currently I’ve got DIY unions and braided flexi-hose from Car Builder Solutions :-

- chassis copper pipe to bracket under top balljoints
- that bracket to the calliper

This could be simplified using less joins / unions by routing from the chassis directly to the calliper. The braided flexi-hose could pass through a P clip on the bracket under the top balljoint, then directly to the calliper ?

Any thoughts ?

I had some flexis made up by Stevsons that go direct from the brake pipe on the inner wing to the caliper. You just need to be careful they don't get trapped by the suspension and the steering action. There might be some photos on my resto thread MSO662P.

You must NOT run the copper pipe all the way out to the balljoint bracket, suspension movement will work harden and then snap the pipe like a carrot.

Even running a copper hard line between the fixed balljoint bracket and the floating caliper is a bit sketchy, Jon only did this on his original conversion because bespoke hoses weren't available in those days.

When I did my first TJ convo, I did toy with the idea of moving the body bracket to a spot behind the axle line, then using a metric flexi from a Shogun which has a central (roughly) anchorage point to the suspension at about the point where the balljoint bracket would be, if reversed side to side.

In the end, it all seemed like too much hard work for a dubious improvement. An awful lot of thought obviously went into the original design which caters for an exceptionally large range of suspension travel AND steering arc, if it aint broke, why fix it?

I designed and developed my TJ adaptor hoses to be a minimum effort fit to the standard flexi hose on it's original mount points. To ensure clearances everywhere under those extreme conditions of lock and travel, they ended up as a handed mirror pair, the first batch (which were a lot simpler and MUCH cheaper) had to have the balljoint bracket moved and altered and even then, on my very lowered car, still chafed slightly on the top wishbone on full lock. The current redesign has resolved all the issues, is easy to fit and can be fitted in isolation, no further bits needed.

I've done all the development work for you, hoses are in stock, priced at £60 per pair including UK postage.



Steve