having trouble sourcing front brake hoses for mk1 golf 1982

right i have had my car sat on the drive for a month now and i cant find any brake flexi lines for the front brakes there not like any normal lines like left to loosen and right to tighten its all the other way round which is a pain in the arse so does anyone know were i could get my hands on some new ones cheap

would really help if you could help me

thanks gavin

Not sure what you mean but I've fitted braided flexi pipes from goodridge (get them on e-bay) and they work fine  :dontknow:

on the threads for some reason its left to tighten and right to loosen instead of left to loosen and right to tighten and no were does them anymore in hull

Yo Gav….for a minute there I thought you were Sh*tting us!!!!

HOWEVER.. a check on the olde ETKA shows that Girling Brakes did indeed have a LH Thread as distinct from ATE brakes which have the normal RH Thread…..a further indeed is that I have a front brake caliper off my GTI (which had been lurking on my daughters olde Mk2 Golf for 12 months - on Loan!!!).  That is RH Thread.

The VW part number for the hose with the LH Thread is 171 611 701 K (as distinct from the RH Thread version which has the same number except for L on the end instead of K).

Now then where to get one….

I usually get such stuff from AVS car parts ::

http://www.vwspares.co.uk/g1brakes.php

They recognise the existence of a LH Thread hose on their site but show no price, AVS Part Number or Manufacturer against it…..I would suggest that you maybe give them a bell (Tel. no. on above site)


Or mabe speak to Rich at Crazyquiff ::::

http://www.golfmk1.co.uk/

who has a connection with Volkswarenhaus in good olde Deutchsland who may be able to help.

Apart from that you may try Yellow pages for a Hydraulics Factor who may be able to have a pair made up for you

As a last resort, Maybe you can change your caliper mounts and fit ATE calipers (you didn't say what sort of Mk1 Golf you have or year)

Good luck with your search - let us know how you get on.

Cheers

hey thanks for that ill have to give them a call tomorrow, i have a mk1 golf C 1.1ltr 3door 1982 red
i think i have put a thread on here to say what it is tho 1 min ill find
this is the thread ill have to put upto date photo's up when i next get chance to

http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=80924&highlight=

funny because my 1.1 has the same hoses as the gti etc?  do you have the calipers with the small square pads?

Jon.

i sure do i got everything else for that i needed fo mot but these brake lines are stupid lol

Hey Gav - another possibility is to go US.  When I worked in the US I had a 1500 Rabbit (or two) which had the square pads…on checking my "Poor Richard's Rabbit Book" W/S Manual, it too lists the Girling Calipers as having a LH Thread (Caliper end only!).

You may thus try "asking a question" of this E-Bay Seller to see if he can source a pair for you if you have no luck elsewhere…


http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Mk1-Autohaus

Cheers