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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by kcleung
my goodrich is made in the Uk and is a set of 6 brakelines.. u guys might want to double check if e60 need 4 or 6.

Yeah Im using goodrich too after upgrading to M5 brake set...
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk
about time too.
you should have done this when I did my pre LCI 5 years ago.
I will change my next year.
will be ordering the disk next week which takes 3 months to deliver.
I will use the same make as last time with drilled only.
sorry saw the wrong thing.
it is very good that the pip is 1 piece.
David, he is not talking about the brake stainless steel pipe near the disc. Ricky is talking about the brake fluid transmission pipe in the engine room. See the photo below.

Guys, check the area with the green line. It should be a plastic tube connecting two copper fine pipe. You can touch the plastic tube and feel as there is any oil leakage.

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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by kcleung
my goodrich is made in the Uk and is a set of 6 brakelines.. u guys might want to double check if e60 need 4 or 6.
e60 is 4 lines and my stepwgn is 6 which I have change too.
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by newbie2
David, he is not talking about the brake stainless steel pipe near the disc. Ricky is talking about the brake fluid transmission pipe in the engine room. See the photo below.

Guys, check the area with the green line. It should be a plastic tube connecting two copper fine pipe. You can touch the plastic tube and feel as there is any oil leakage.

[attachment=163489:bmw-530i-e60.46.JPG]
I know right after I posted
ricky tolded me all about it on the phone.
guys with old cars better let AK cheke it we dont what to loss any of our e60 member from not having any brakes.
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 11:11 PM
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BTW if our brakes fail can we still stop the car with the hand brake?
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 11:22 PM
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in the e90, there are 2 rubber hose inside the rear wheel archs, I wuldnt have known if the box didnt contain 6 brakelines. in any case, looking at newbies post, seem there could be others.

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e60 is 4 lines and my stepwgn is 6 which I have change too.
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 11:27 PM
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since I know how to drive, brake systems have been designed to consist of 2 circuits, if 1 failed, you still had the 2nd circuit which provide stopping power on 2 wheels.

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BTW if our brakes fail can we still stop the car with the hand brake?
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by kcleung
Cheerleading and bull running???? They should include football hooligan too. Anyway, there is no definitive list. regulations have cut down fatal injuries but it's not safe, there r people died from this sport, eg senna.

Btw, highly recommend everest-the death zone, if u interested in watching, pm me, I can try to dig it out from my collection.
thats right 3 ppl died these 2 months in US
2 in cars 1 on bike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...qx5fhd3g&gl=HK
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk
I know right after I posted
ricky tolded me all about it on the phone.
guys with old cars better let AK cheke it we dont what to loss any of our e60 member from not having any brakes.
our e60 is safe, i think if the brake oil leak away or not sufficient, there will be fault code in i-drive immediately.
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk
BTW if our brakes fail can we still stop the car with the hand brake?
I will use the gear box to decelerate step by step until M1 and also the hand brake.
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