conor1n
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Hello,
There is a chance this is in the wrong place .. but here goes.
In the following photo you can see a steel line as part of the hydraulic suspension in my car. There is a bleed nipple in the line, as circled. I would like to include a nipple like this in the new line.
I asked somebody who is familiar with hydraulics and they said this is kind of proprietary and would be difficult to replicate with off the shelf components. Do you think this is true? If not, that's amazing, where can I get such a fitting.
That same guy said it would be relatively trivial to machine a piece...... but then proceeded to say he wouldn't do it for me as it's too much work and not worth the hassle! Hmm..
Anyway, i'm wondering about how to go about recreating this feature in the line.
I am total layman here, but how about the following approach?
1. Mill a piece of stock/billet (?) to the general shape, then drill a horizontal hole through it so it can be put on the pipe.
2. Drill a vertical hole to meet the horizontal.
3. Tap the vertical hole to accept a bleed nipple.. along with associated chamfer or whatever, to allow the nipple to seal up.
4. One marked up/dry fitted or whatever, drill a hole in the steel line to match up with bleed nipple/fitting.
5. Braze the fitting to the steel line.
.. The guy I was speaking to suggested making it into a tee type fitting that would join the steel line, but I feel like just tapping into a continuous pipe would be a stronger solution?
In theory this is all achievable using a lathe, resulting in a round fitting.
(Note: system can be pressurised to 200 bar).
Thank you a lot, in advance.
Conor
P.S. Overhauling the ABC suspension on my SL 500 - if you are curious.
P.P.S I would be surprised if this doesn't exist.
There is a chance this is in the wrong place .. but here goes.
In the following photo you can see a steel line as part of the hydraulic suspension in my car. There is a bleed nipple in the line, as circled. I would like to include a nipple like this in the new line.
I asked somebody who is familiar with hydraulics and they said this is kind of proprietary and would be difficult to replicate with off the shelf components. Do you think this is true? If not, that's amazing, where can I get such a fitting.
That same guy said it would be relatively trivial to machine a piece...... but then proceeded to say he wouldn't do it for me as it's too much work and not worth the hassle! Hmm..
Anyway, i'm wondering about how to go about recreating this feature in the line.
I am total layman here, but how about the following approach?
1. Mill a piece of stock/billet (?) to the general shape, then drill a horizontal hole through it so it can be put on the pipe.
2. Drill a vertical hole to meet the horizontal.
3. Tap the vertical hole to accept a bleed nipple.. along with associated chamfer or whatever, to allow the nipple to seal up.
4. One marked up/dry fitted or whatever, drill a hole in the steel line to match up with bleed nipple/fitting.
5. Braze the fitting to the steel line.
.. The guy I was speaking to suggested making it into a tee type fitting that would join the steel line, but I feel like just tapping into a continuous pipe would be a stronger solution?
In theory this is all achievable using a lathe, resulting in a round fitting.
(Note: system can be pressurised to 200 bar).
Thank you a lot, in advance.
Conor
P.S. Overhauling the ABC suspension on my SL 500 - if you are curious.
P.P.S I would be surprised if this doesn't exist.