Review Goodridge stainless steel lines

Old Oct 3, 2009 | 04:01 PM
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Goodridge stainless steel lines

Most people know that I have been having problems with my brakes. At first it was the caliper I was guessing but then it could have been the goodridge kit. I have had nothing but trouble with this kit! First the bolt strip my calipers and now it's leaking!

I had fix everything then it was time to bleed. As I bled it I found two leaks. Turns out the copper crush ring was not holding in liquid. It would leak so I went to napa and got the same size crush ring but a little thicker but not much. Work perfectly!

Then I went back to bleeding until one of the banjo bolts broke where the hole was. This was the only one that had work straight out of box. It was tight on but still leak then it just broke. At this point i'm like WTF! I didn't even touch that bolt. I guess it was pressure from the brake.

Now I'm sitting here using a bolt extractor to remove the bolt. Hopefully it works or I will have to order another caliper.

I recommend no one to get goodridge until someone else installs with no problem. Hopefully black Betty get to installing his soon so I know if it was the caliper or the bolts. I honestly think it's goodridge.
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 04:04 PM
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Damn JQueen good luck, you my friend have alot of patience with the crap you've been through
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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Whatever fck it. I give up. The damn extractor broke inside it
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 05:17 PM
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StopTech stainless steel brake lines are the answer. No problems.
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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Got the bolt out. We weld a bolt to it and spun it out
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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Wow that sucks,gl with getting that taken care of.what did goodridge say? Anything.
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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Congrats on getting that bolt out! Props to ya and that welding the bolt technique
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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buy the stoptech lines then.. or the OEM lines for the BBK's
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by G37Sam
Congrats on getting that bolt out! Props to ya and that welding the bolt technique
Yeah man it work perfectly! Finish my brakes by 7.

I had to buy all new copper crush ring in thicker size. Goodridge rings suck! They leak everywhere. Now my car works fine. Still have a small leak but it will be fix. Its leaking probably smaller than a tear drop

Nogood Im talk to the vendor about getting the stoptech
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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those Goodridge lines are messed up..... you gotta change them out so you dont loose the brakes and end up ruining the bumpers and then the bumper saga gets another chapter in the books....lol
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Sorry to hear all the trouble, but glad you almost got it fixed. When I was looking into brakelines, I contacted Goodridge and they had not test fit a set to the G37 so I bought the StopTech.
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 02:06 AM
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NO ONE BUY GOODRIDGE!

I overnight a whole new set of caliper and the goodridge doesn't work on those either. Those are unpowdercoat. It will always be loose no matter what!
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 04:04 AM
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UPDATE:

Alright I try the goodridge on my current caliper and the new overnight set. BOTH DIDN'T WORK! I call over one of my G37 buddies locally to let me try his. Didn't work!

The one that did work was false. They tighten up but will still leak through the copper crush rings.

It is currently 3:02am Baton Rouge,LA time right now. Guess what I am doing. I'm putting back on my Non-s Caliper and rotor thanks to Goodridge. I finally found out it wasn't the caliper and just the goodridge kit.
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 04:20 AM
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Told you it may be the kit. I had bad luck with that stuff too.
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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I have a set but haven't attempted installation yet. Has anyone else had this issue with them?
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