[Quantum Owners] Re: H4 rear brake pipes

2010-08-31 Thread MattWilson(Q2-412)
Aug, 16:28, Ken Needham fixit-wo...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: Thanks for that Mark. I had done some checks and the units are CE marked but I had not come across that aspect. Ken Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:25:07 + From: taxim...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: H4 rear brake pipes

[Quantum Owners] Re: H4 rear brake pipes

2010-08-31 Thread pete
Many thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions Pete On Aug 27, 1:06 pm, pete p...@thewurg.freeserve.co.uk wrote: Hi Just noticed something that mighht be an issue on our H4. Any advice would be very welcome. The rigid part of the rear brakepipes connects to a flexible hose just in

Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: H4 rear brake pipes

2010-08-29 Thread Mark Miles
From: Ken Needham fixit-wo...@hotmail.co.uk To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com Sent: Sat, 28 August, 2010 15:30:38 Subject: RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: H4 rear brake pipes Hi, Aluminium under the wheel arch is very likely to corrode due to salt. Much better to use stainless pop

[Quantum Owners] Re: H4 rear brake pipes

2010-08-28 Thread Dave English
Hi Pete. Although I can't answer your problem about how to reattach the bracket, if it was originally riveted (one of Jim's options), I can tell you why it came off. When aluminium rivets are used through steel they suffer from 'dissimilar metal corrosion'. In this case, the steel will cause the

Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: H4 rear brake pipes

2010-08-28 Thread Russell Willcox
Dave is spot on, and if my aged brain remebers chemistry correctly from 30 years ago the series is: Magnesium Aluminium Zinc Iron Tin Lead Copper Silver As aluminium is above iron it corrodes in preference to the steel. Russell On 28/08/2010 12:04, Dave English wrote: Hi Pete. Although I

RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: H4 rear brake pipes

2010-08-28 Thread Ken Needham
, 28 Aug 2010 14:50:50 +0100 From: russ...@quantum54.freeserve.co.uk To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: H4 rear brake pipes Dave is spot on, and if my aged brain remebers chemistry correctly from 30 years ago the series is: Magnesium Aluminium Zinc Iron