My driver side rear SS line ate a hole in my CV joint boot and splattered axle grease everywhere. Mitsubishi is currently out of stock for the $60 boot kit until November and I had no choice but to buy the axle kit for $500.

I recomend you tie up your SS lines so they do not rub on the CV boot.

-Kyle

 

Kyle, if I'm understanding you correctly - the SS line simply rubbed a hole over time in the weak CV boot?

When the wheel is straight, do the SS lines touch anything inside the wheel well?

 

Crazy...Sucks to have to go through that expense. Thanks for pointing this out though. Am having SS lines installed tomorrow and will make sure to tie the lines.

 

Yup... the rear driver side line was hanging maybe 1 inch too low (too much slack) and under suspension compression, the line being abrasive cut a nice hole in my boot. I would have never thought about this until it happend.

please check your lines and make sure they are tight and tied up away from the CV boots.

-Kyle

 

hmm. I'm getting a popping, that i need to check, was told it very well might be the brake line on the corner of the reservoir for the KW's.

Just one other thing to check if you have coils with an external reservoir.

 

or just install your SS lines teh correct way (make sure they face teh same direction as factory ones when reinstalling)

 

What brand SS lines do you have? Did you route it like the stock lines?

 

same thing here, the lines were slightly longer and i didn't think of them interfering. i go all four boots but don't know how to proceed to install. is there anyone who can load the Manual pages for the repair? one write up here said to go from the diff side..? but i think it would be best to take the whole axle down and loan the boots and grease then install. BUT HOW?

 

damn that sucks

*checks mine now*

 

So wait, are these aftermarket or stock off the line?

 

Stainless steel brake lines are, of course, aftermarket...

 

ouch that stinks kyle. But at least you got a spare! dought you'll ever need it but at least you got one.

 

"...aftermarket..." what the hell does that mean? are you telling me you race stock lines, and that everything 'aftermarket' is bad.


although i may have suspect lines, i noticed immediate response from SS lines, in both pedals. i would suggest changing the lines to anyone, you just have to be extra cautious. the thread on the NorCal forum is pretty good, a little bias

 

Chris, who are you responding to, and what are you attempting to refute? If you're responding to me, I simply answered MikeSchultyz's question of whether these were aftermarket or stock lines. Obviously, our cars don't come with SS lines, so the ones in question are aftermarket. I don't think anyone here said that there is anything wrong with the aftermarket or that people shouldn't use SS lines, unless there was a post deleted that I missed.

 

yeah, umm, i dunno how to tell people this. I'm running stock lines.

theres no reason not to. I bought the aftermarket ones, had an issue with the brass fitting (duh), and never put them on. 24 track days later, still on stock lines.