As expected, the time between IVA application and the appointment itself is giving me far too much time to overthink things. This time it's the rear brakes. After trying multiple ways to route the brakes, I couldn't get to a point where the brake flexi and the handbrake cable didn't want to exist in the same time and space. Not without getting close to other moving parts either. Even I know a flex cable won't last one rubbing on a driveshaft or a wheel.
So I came up with a plan to clamp the cables together;
Given they're both travelling in the same direction when the wheel moves up and down, it made sense to me. This way instead of trying to keep them separate, I tightly clamped them together. The cables don't move inside the clamp so they can't wear.
But something tells me Mr IVA won't like it, it's not exactly a conventional approach. I've pinged the question to the LCB crew to see what comments I got back, I suspect they'll also be displeased with my solution. Of course it might take a while as LCB isn't as active as it has been.
Just looking at the photos above I was trying to think why it doesn't route downwards and come back up to the caliper. I have a feeling that the routing ends up interfering with the suspension. (Edit) Just going back on old photos I can see down isn't good
On the caliper side it interferes with the bleed screw and slide carrier, and on the chassis side that's roughly where the driveshaft needs to live.
The other option is to replace the flexi with a shorter one that has a right angle banjo, so it comes straight out from the wheel towards the chassis. That's possibly the best long term solution but there's a money and a time element to that. Getting custom brake lines isn't a quick task so I've contacted Furore to see what their lead times would be.
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