ezwicky
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'80 R100RS with Brembo rear brake. I bought a new hose and the grommet that holds the female end of the hose to the "holder" clamp that screws into the tapped hole oin the frame near the rear left of the battery box.
The original hose's female end is 13mm OD. The new hose's OD is 16mm. But the grommet did not increase in size. I got new hoses from two different sources, and looking at pics from other sources they're the same hose, so it's not a 1-off.
The problem is that the female end of the hose will absolutely not fit into the grommet when the grommet is installed into the ring-like "holder". I only see two options:
1) grind carefully the OD of the hose to 13mm.
2) try to open up the grommet using a really sharp blade.
But before I do either of those workarounds, I wanted to check and see if anybody else has run across this issue.
Thanks,
Eric Z
The original hose's female end is 13mm OD. The new hose's OD is 16mm. But the grommet did not increase in size. I got new hoses from two different sources, and looking at pics from other sources they're the same hose, so it's not a 1-off.
The problem is that the female end of the hose will absolutely not fit into the grommet when the grommet is installed into the ring-like "holder". I only see two options:
1) grind carefully the OD of the hose to 13mm.
2) try to open up the grommet using a really sharp blade.
But before I do either of those workarounds, I wanted to check and see if anybody else has run across this issue.
Thanks,
Eric Z