Quick disconnect brake line plumbing

[parsonsj]

Hey guys,

Does anybody have any experience with using brake line quick disconnects? Goodridge, Aeroquip, and even AllStar make them at widely varying price points. The attraction is the ability to remove and/or swap the calipers without having to bleed the brakes after putting them back together. I've got some back-to-back brake testing to do at my next track day, and I'm trying to avoid the pain of bleeding brakes all day long as I swap calipers.

thanks!

[Bad94]

I have been looking at those too. But I think there made for dirt track cars. Are they DOT?

[parsonsj]

Are they DOT?I doubt it.

[Ron Sutton]

Hi John,

You know I've ran them. LOL

The steel ones, available under the Allstar brand, work good. They're just bulky & heavy ... but priced affordably. The aluminum versions are excellent, compact & light ... just expensive. We have used them successfully on brake lines & hydraulic clutch lines. They make changing the brakes a snap. In my experience, we've never had any air enter the system. So you swap them & go.

[parsonsj]

Ron, I was hoping you'd chime in. I was gonna PM you tomorrow if you hadn't posted. AllStar has some aluminum versions now, my cost is less than $75 apiece. They look the same as the Goodridge versions (bayonet blade connector).

I'm glad to hear they worked for you. I guess I'll take the plunge, and report back.

More to come.

[TheJDMan]

Does it really make any difference if they are not DOT? I ask because I'm running SS flex hoses front and the rear end drop hose which are not DOT and I have not had any problem passing an annual state vehicle inspection.

[parsonsj]

I think the DOT bit might come into play if one were to have an accident, and the cause of that was found to be caused by a non-DOT part. A typical hard-ass insurance company might have legal grounds not to pay the claim by claiming owner negligence. Maybe...

The reason most non-DOT parts aren't DOT-rated isn't that the parts themselves have an issue, it's that the manufacturer hasn't submitted them to be rated. Getting a part DOT-rated takes time and money.

[Ron Sutton]

I think the DOT bit might come into play if one were to have an accident, and the cause of that was found to be caused by a non-DOT part. A typical hard-ass insurance company might have legal grounds not to pay the claim by claiming owner negligence. Maybe...

The reason most non-DOT parts aren't DOT-rated isn't that the parts themselves have an issue, it's that the manufacturer hasn't submitted them to be rated. Getting a part DOT-rated takes time and money.

For that matter ... 90% of the parts we put on our cars are not DOT approved. I haven't "heard" of any cases where the opposing attorney went after the parts company ... but that doesn't mean that hasn't happened. :0

[Ron Sutton]

Ron, I was hoping you'd chime in. I was gonna PM you tomorrow if you hadn't posted. AllStar has some aluminum versions now, my cost is less than $75 apiece. They look the same as the Goodridge versions (bayonet blade connector).

I'm glad to hear they worked for you. I guess I'll take the plunge, and report back.

More to come.


Hmmm. I wonder who makes the aluminum versions for Allstar? Regardless ... let us know how they work.

[Gratefuldiver]

I think the DOT bit might come into play if one were to have an accident, and the cause of that was found to be caused by a non-DOT part. A typical hard-ass insurance company might have legal grounds not to pay the claim by claiming owner negligence. Maybe...

The reason most non-DOT parts aren't DOT-rated isn't that the parts themselves have an issue, it's that the manufacturer hasn't submitted them to be rated. Getting a part DOT-rated takes time and money.

I have a buddy giving me a real hard time about the fact I'm going to use an adjustable PV because of the DOT thing. I just laughed

[fun2run]

Running jiffy-tite -3AN valved EPDM fittings for hydraulic clutch. They may be an option.

http://motorsports.jiffy-tite.com/

[Ron Sutton]

Running jiffy-tite -3AN valved EPDM fittings for hydraulic clutch. They may be an option.

http://motorsports.jiffy-tite.com/

I love the Jiffy-Tite fittings. We use them on fuel filters, carbs, injectors, fuel lines, oil lines, coolers, etc.

I find a small amount of liquid escapes at connection and disconnection ... so that worries me that air would make its way into the lines. Which is fine for fuel and oil systems .... but not brake systems.