Interpretation ID: nht74-5.36

DATE: 04/16/74

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; R. B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Domi Racer Distributors, Inc.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This responds to your March 19, 1974, request to know if aircraft hydraulic hose is suitable for motor vehicle use under Standard 106, Brake hoses.

Standard No. 106, Brake hoses, presently applies to hydraulic brake hose for use in passenger cars, and therefore sale of aircraft hydraulic hose for use in motorcycles is presently legal. However, Standard 106 has been recently amended to require extensive performance testing and labeling of all motor vehicle brake hose manufactured after September 1, 1974. Sale of an aircraft hose manufactured after that date which has not been certified to conform to Standard 106 would violate @ 108(a)(1) of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966. This means that the hose must be properly tested for conformity to the standard, and labeled according to the standard, before it can be sold as motor vehicle hose.

Domi Racer

DISTRIBUTORS, Inc.

MESSAGE

TO NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADM. SUITE 214 EXECUTIVE PLAZA 1010 DIXIE HIGHWAY CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILL 60411

DATE 3-19-74

GENTLEMEN; WE HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO YOUR OFFICE BY THE LOCAL BUREAU OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY.

OUR PRINCIPAL POINT OF CONCERN AT THE MOMENT IS FEDERAL REQUIREMENT FOR HYDRAULIC BRAKE HOSES TO BE IMPRINTED WITH AN SAE SPECIFICATION. WE ARE PRESENTLY MARKETING A HYDRAULIC HOSE FOR MOTORCYCLE USE WHICH CARRIES A MILITARY AIRCRAFT SPECIFICATION H-8794, ALSO FAA APPROVED.

SPECIFICALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF AN FAA APPROVED HOSE WOULD NOT BE SUITABLE FOR USE ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AS IT IS A MUCH STRONGER PART THAN THE STANDARD ITEM IT REPLACES.

SINCERELY, J. K. WHITE

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