Recently I purchased 4ea brake hoses for my present runner BX with ABS.
I got them from a UK Ebay seller advertising them as brake hoses for BX with ABS.
Did'nt bother to check the Motaquip part no, to be sure it was the ABS variant type of hose up for sale.
Which I should have done of course
The hoses are Motaquip VBH832 - no longer available - but listed many places as ABS brake hoses.
They are not
At least not according to the Citroen specs (and my BX with ABS
) my side of the pond (LHD steering lands).These hoses in question came with a standard female thread M8x1.25 for a 3.5mm pipe union.
Any true old BX DIY'er will know that the ABS variant uses 4.5mm brake lines on the ABS variant and therefore the front brake hose is threaded accordingly with a female M9x1.25 thread for the 4.5mm pipe union.
On questioning - Motaquip are adamant that these hoses are made for the ABS variant of the Citroen BX.
Have I overlooked something ?
Anyone with any early information on these hoses that could confirm that Motaquip is right ?
Could it be a variant for the UK RHD market only ?
Thanks for any comments
BTW : I settled with the seller on a discount, as the hoses are still valid for the standard (NON-abs) variants.
PS : If you check with Citroen service.net, please note that the hose thread is not listed on the hose.
But the 2-way pipe joiner on the firewall is listed with thread information.
