alexrobinson202

Bought a set of these from Tegiwa a few weeks and then tried to get them fitted at TGM last week. Disappointed to get a call saying the thread engagement in to the factory hardline fittings is much less than it should be, only around 3 turns rather than the factory 9 or so. TGM advised that I should not fit them, as it could be a serious safety issue, so I have returned to Tegiwa. The back story seems to be that HEL have recently changed the design of the fitting, and it isn't really suitable. Definitely avoid until they get on top of this issue! And if you've bought any recently probably worth a sanity check on the thread engagement, particularly if you didn't fit them yourself.

S2K-Phil

Did Tom suggest/fit an alternative?

alexrobinson202

My plan is to fit some of TGM's own lines next time I'm there, unfortunately they didn't have any in stock. Didn't realise they made their own (in fact it's their design made by another company, but still) - I would have just got those from the start!

TangoVTEC

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S2K-Phil

Good to know. I was going to go to Fleet for a set of HELs to be fitted, so perhaps now with some advanced notice, they will get their own in stock.

nobby8628

Got Hel lines fitted to my s this week. my mechanic experienced no issues

Donforce

Hmm, I've got some coming in the post right now. So what exactly should i be looking out for?

grantwestgarth

Usually as a rule of thumb, you achieve max thread strength with ~1.25x thread diameter, often less depending on thread pitch etc. May be worth checking with Hel that someone has done the calculation to confirm the thread length is adequate, especially if you've just bought some...

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