Hi all. Has anyone fitted Goodridge brake hoses to their sapphire cossie? 2wd or 4x4 it doesn't matter as Goodridge say the kit is the same.
I have bought the kit and tried to fit them today, however I have a problem on the fronts. There is 2 flexi hoses on each corner at the front and there is 6 hoses in the kit (2 on back & 2 on each front corner) so all is good there. On the front, 1 hose from caliper to strut, and 1 hose from strut to under the inner wing/chassis rail.
My question is how do the 2 hoses connect to each other? Both hoses have male nipples so they don't simply screw into each other as I thought they would. I called Goodridge and they have said the kit is correct and nothing is missing. I'm thinking a union/fitting that is female at both ends will do the job but how big does it need to be and what's it called? Or if you have done this, how did you do it? Any pics would be a good bonus too

cheeRS

 

the 6line kit should be for the 2 front flexis, 2 rear caliper to rear arm flexis and then 2 body to rear arm flexis.

or is that not the case with the sierras?

 

According to Goodridge who I spoke to today, their kit is the same as the original Ford ones. So one each on the rears from caliper to lower arm, and then one on the front caliper to the clip on the inside of the strut, then one from the strut to the inner wing/chassis rail. Ford have flexi rubber hoses in these positions as standard, so the kit simply replaces the Ford flexi and screws to the Ford fixed pipes. Definitely this way round as I have been working on it all afternoon!
I'm going to have to go buy something to connect the 2 hoses together, however I don't know what to ask for or order online!

cheeRS

 

do you not have retain a connector from the original kit, ie to connect the two together?

just I've put new calipers on mine yest and noticed all the goodridge bits are nice and clean and there was a nasty looking connectors joining them...

I maybe wrong, I'll try get a pic tom.

 

When I bought the car it was a rolling shell and had been stripped. This included the front calipers and the hose from there to the strut. The original Ford flexi hose is still there from the strut to the inner wing/chassis rail which has a male nipple. So in theory this would suggest the Ford hose would be a female at the strut end, with a male into the caliper. However the Goodridge kit comes with all male ends?! Hence why I called them to check but they said it was correct. And they said no-one has called up before to say the kit doesn't fit. Hence why I am confused!!! lol

Would explain why you have a 'nasty' connector inbetween on yours though.

cheeRS

 

correct the op is doing something wrong
2 rears from the floor to rear arms
2 rears (shorter) from arm to caliper
2 fronts

steve

 

Oh! Well not according to Goodridge today! Maybe he was confused too.
I actually hadn't thought about the flexi hose from rear arm to floor at all. So what about the flexi hose from the front struts to the under inner wing/chassis rail? Does this stay Ford normally?
Surely the idea of the braided kits are to stop the flexi hose expanding/swelling under pressure. And so leaving this as the std Ford rubber would simply move this issue to this weakest section of the brake line?

cheeRS

 

On the front a hard pipe(copper or steel) is used from the caliper to the strut and the flexi hose from the strut to the inner wing.

 

Normally, ie as in kits I've fitted before, the front SINGLE braided pipe is a lot longer, and goes direct from caliper to the fixing in the inner wing, I secure these pipes with a couple of cable ties to the strut body, about 4-6" up from the hub, and so it is in the centre line of the strut, so as the strut/steering turns it stays with the strut and doesn't get caught on anything.
These single piece front ones are vastly better imo, if you need top take the caliper off you don't need to disturb the connection, then bleed etc afterwards.
tabetha

 

I had problems fitting the 6 piece goodridge kit, the problem wasn't at the front though as the front only has one hose each side, the problem was at the back where there is two hoses each side and they all had the same couplings so wouldn't fit together, problem was I had bought them off eBay ages before I got round to fitting them and had already left feedback so couldn't really do anything about it, I ended up buying two standard hoses from ford which had the correct fittings on, so now I've got one braided and one rubber hose on each side at the back of the car!

 

Heres a picture of the rear set up

 

Well thanks all. Seems to clear it up a bit. Except now I'm a little confused with the fronts. Tabetha suggests using a single hose and others are saying a solid pipe to strut and flexi to inner wing. Any pics of the fronts or clarification of this?

cheeRS

 

The braided lines at the front go between your caliper and the connector at the inner wing. Between the ABS unit and the connector on the inner wing should be a ford metal brake line. Has someone replaced the Ford brake lines with rubber? Maybe a picture would help. Charlie

 

this pic shows the hard pipe on the front.

 

Thanks for all replies. I've gone with replacing the 2 piece front hose arrangement to a single hose from caliper to inner wing. The front turned out to be the easiest to do after all of this hassle though....
When attacking the rear hoses all of the Ford solid pipe either twisted, snapped, bent or required grinding to remove nuts etc! Plenty of new brake pipe being made up for my cossie methinks before it's back on the road!
Ah well, the joys of old cars!

cheeRS

 

The single piece fronts just save so much hassle, direct from caliper to inner wing, if you need to work on the suspension etc etc, the pipe is long enough so once cable tie undone/cut it can be placed on the floor out of the way without disturbing the fluid connection.
tabetha

 

I have the same problem with these brake lines!!! And I don't find a solution to fix it! It seems I need some extra parts to screw the rear brake lines together... Or how did you solve this?

 

have you actually read the thread above?!

 

As described in the thread above. The kit is correct. Just make your choice regarding the fronts, single hose or flexi plus solid pipe. I have had no issues with mine since fitting, and I went with the single hose.

cheeRS

 

Just as a note the 4x4 front setup is totally different. Our flexis are longer and connect to the hard pipe under the inner wing, not the hub as shown above.