Brake Banjo Question

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Re: Brake Banjo Question

14 Aug 2015 14:24

I try to stay away from EBAY. There a last resort for me anymore. I got the banjo from a third party seller through Amazon. Amazon is good to make things right, but when dealing with a third party seller, things get a bit tougher.

I'm sure I'll get free return shipping on this, but I needed to know that I had a bad part first.

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Re: Brake Banjo Question

15 Aug 2015 19:10

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Jeff.Saunders wrote: Why buy from places who cannot help you get the correct part?

You may save a couple of dollars and end up with massive headaches...

You need 10mm x 1.25mm pitch.

When you measure bolts, you measure the THREAD diameter, Most threads will be slightly undersized, so a 10mm bolt will measure 9.85mm - this gives enough clearance to thread the bolt into the hole.

www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?i...fS&item=GR992-03-32C

www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?i...e&item=GR992-03-32CH

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Re: Brake Banjo Question

17 Aug 2015 04:54

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Thanks Patton, but I have the correct banjo bolt that fits the master cylinder properly. I'm having issues getting a "12mm banjo" to bolt to the master cylinder.

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Re: Brake Banjo Question

17 Aug 2015 10:59

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Look in your local phone book for a place that fixes & makes Hydraulic hoses for heavy equipment, that's where I had them make my S.S. braided brake line hoses, they'll have all kinds of banjo fittings in all different angles
Pete

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Re: Brake Banjo Question

17 Aug 2015 11:31

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We use to have Hose Mart. It was bought by Alternative Hose but went out of business not long after.
Steve

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Re: Brake Banjo Question

17 Aug 2015 11:49

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Thanks pete greek1 !! Will check into that !!

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Re: Brake Banjo Question

17 Aug 2015 12:54

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12mm banjo fittings might be a common Harley item

, as shown in this link I stumbled across in googling 12mm banjo bolt:
www.demonscycle.com/chrome-12mm-35-bend-...y-brake-fitting.html

Is just the 12mm banjo fitting needed (for attachment to an already on-hand brake hose), or is a complete brake line with integrated 12mm banjo fitting needed?

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