Beware of Summit Branded braided hose!!!

Tom P · 03-14-2024, 02:18 AM

Rubber inside the hose rots and the braid hides the cracks. I used to get hose free off a friend that worked at a helicopter place. They change the hoses on a scheduled basis.
But five years seems to be all that is safe unless you use Teflon lines. I got a 25 ft roll of 1/2" steel line and -8 fittings from Summit and ran two 12 ft lines from the pump to the regulator up front and a return.

03-14-2024, 02:18 AM	#22
Tom P Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 707 Likes: 30 Liked 239 Times in 94 Posts	Re: Beware of Summit Branded braided hose!!! Rubber inside the hose rots and the braid hides the cracks. I used to get hose free off a friend that worked at a helicopter place. They change the hoses on a scheduled basis. But five years seems to be all that is safe unless you use Teflon lines. I got a 25 ft roll of 1/2" steel line and -8 fittings from Summit and ran two 12 ft lines from the pump to the regulator up front and a return.