BRAKE FITTINGS

I HAVE been experiencing a spate of NPT threaded pipe fittings in brake systems this year, in Wilwood brakes and in accessories such as brake balance and residual valve fittings. The two accepted forms of sealing brakes in Australia are the tapered-seat, parallel-threaded type and the copper-washer type; sealing brakes using tapered fittings with some sealant is not accepted. All good brake shops can rectify this situation by converting the thread to a parallel metric style, together with a banjo fitting and copper washer.