Stainless-steel Braided PTFE Brakeline Hose.

Have you ever experienced when you hit the brakes there is a feel of ‘sponginess’? This is due to the original rubber brake hose that expand under high pressure from repeated braking and intense heat. These brake hoses are the medium to communicate to your calipers and brakes when you hit your brake pedal. However the original brake hoses that are fitted to your car is made of rubber due to manufacturer trying to reduce their cost (Duh…).

Furthermore a rubber brake hose is quoted to last for 3 years or 60,000 miles. Therefore have you ever changed your brake hose before or do you even know that you need to replace the brake hose??

 

Moreover a rubber brake hose deteriorates from the inside and outside through expansion and heat. You can actually check on the rubber brake hose yourself by looking for any cracking at the hose to make sure the brake hose is still in good conditions.

If there is any crack sign on the hose it can impose dangerous threats to yourself, your passengers (if any and might even be your family and loved ones) and other people (road user). This is because whenever you hit the brake pedal the cracking rubber hose can burst at any time and it will also take a longer distance for your car to stop. This means that your car braking efficiency is reduced by a large margin and it could cause accident and not safe for any road user.

If you are considering changing or upgrading the OEM brake hose you might as well consider replacing it with a stainless-steel braided PTFE brakeline hose. What is this you may ask? This is an aftermarket brakes hose that is made of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with Teflon® inner lining and stainless-steel overbraid. Well in short, it is the same type fluid transfer hose they use in the airplane jet engine.

Among the advantages to replace to this stainless steel braided PTFE brake hose is that PTFE is non-stick and low friction material that ensures the purity of brake fluid transfer efficiency without any deposits build up in the hose. As well as combination with stainless-steel braided outer layer, it can actually withstand hundreds of thousands of flex cycles without fatigue and failure. So it is strong and can endure the abuse of late braking and emergency braking. At the same time it is flexible and PTFE hose is not expandable. Moreover the weather condition and exposure or time does not affect a good quality of stainless-steel braided PTFE brake hose. The stainless-steel brakeline also has a wide range of operating temperatures from -73°C up to 260°C. What you can expect when you replace to stainless steel braided PTFE brake hose is reduce sponginess which cause inefficient braking. It will also reduce braking distance and help eliminate skidding during emergency braking. This will eventually saves your life and money in the long term.

There is actually a variety of stainless-steel braided PTFE brake hose brand, so you need to choose one with a good quality because it is for your own safety. Unfortunately I cannot recommend one since I’m not working for any marketing company that promote a specific stainless-steel brake hose. In here I just want to share my knowledge with car owners and enthusiasts. But what I can tell is that a set of stainless-steel braided PTFE brake hose will cost around RM250 and above depend on the brake hose brand itself.

This will be my next target to upgrade my car braking efficiency. Since now i travel long distance non stop to my new kampung.

Cheers!

P/S: To maintain our car brake efficiency always makes sure you do periodic maintenance to the brake system. For instance flush the brake fluid every year, check brake pads, check the brake hose etc...

Well that is another topic I’ll post up...