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    Senior Member D02G's Avatar
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    Brake line fasteners?

    Just curious how what type of fasteners you used to mounted your hard brake lines? Rivets, self tapping screws, etc...

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    Rivets, less chance of snapping heads and rivet can be drilled out

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    Personally I prefer Rivnuts and stainless steel 10-24 cap head bolts with blue lock-tight and I clean the drill hole with alcohol and paint with a color matched paint pen. But that is just me.

    Richard

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    I drilled and tapped mine using 10-32 screws.
    MKIV #8740, Canadian base kit, Picked up Dec. 2015, ‘98 Cobra 4.6 l DOHC, T45 transmission, old style IRS, Art Cuesta dieted harness/Ron Francis chassis harness, go-cart July 2018.

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    Rivets and P clamps for all of the lines. But I haven't driven mine yet, so who knows. It may fall apart when I do.
    MK IV Build #9659, 3 link, 17's, Forte 347, Sniper EFI, power steering, built for a freak sized person with 17" Kirkey Vintage seats, RT drop trunk, RT turn signal, lots of stuff from Breeze Automotive, Wilwood brakes, paint by Jeff Miller

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    ?????? threaded attachments, either rivnuts or tapped are fine for service or maintenance items, neither of which apply to brake lines. P clamps and rivets are perfect for this job. Fast and inexpensive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rich grsc View Post
    ?????? threaded attachments, either rivnuts or tapped are fine for service or maintenance items, neither of which apply to brake lines. P clamps and rivets are perfect for this job. Fast and inexpensive.
    Yep. No need to complicate this.

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    P clamps with large head 3/16 exploders. I've become a great fan of these things...they pull tight and ain't going anywhere!



    https://www.racersspeedshop.com/edge...vets-25ct.html

    I like 'em for splash panels too.

    Jeff

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