Brake line replace

[nealtovsen@yahoo.com (Neal Tovsen)]

Thanks for the advice! I've been asking around lately,
and no one has explained it very clearly yet. Now I
feel I know what to do...

Neal


--- jester@westfailure.net wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Brian Dettling wrote:
> 
> > And a good ISO flare bender is not cheap or easy. 
> Consider off-the-shelf 
> > lengths using threaded unions if necessary. 
> 
> I agree with this,
> 
> the VW's dont use a "double flare" they use a
> "metric bubble flare." The
> tool to make this flare is NOT cheap.
> 
> I did the brake lines on my 81 pickup and as long as
> you have the stock
> one to copy its easy.
> 
> Just pull the old one out without bending it too
> much, & measure its
> length with a string following all the curves, that
> gives you your total
> length.
> 
> Measure this string with a tape measure/ruler If its
> over 7 feet, figure
> out what two off the shelf sizes will add up to that
> and buy the 2 lengths
> & a METRIC BUBBLE FLARE COUPLER a regular coupler
> will not seal right. If
> you are between sizes go longer, you can coil the
> stuff or put in extra
> bends, but you cant stretch it ;)
> 
> Most auto parts shops wont have the metric stuff and
> will try to sell you
> a bunch of flare lines & flare to bubble flare
> adapters, don't do it, it
> will add way too many unions to the brakes that are
> just extra places to
> leak, fail & send you off the road. Adding 1 coupler
> per line doesnt worry
> me, any more than that & you are getting into a
> risky area. VW specified 2
> 6 foot lengths with a coupler, if 1 coupler is good
> enough for VW its
> good enough for me, brake nazis can eat my shorts ;)
> 
> NAPA carries metric bubble flare line up to 7 feet
> lengths, and the bubble
> flare couplers needed. Autozone, advanced etc. do
> not have the couplers &
> five feet is their longest length in bubble flare.
> 
> Once you have your new lines, just start at one end
> & you can bend the
> stuff by hand to match more or less what you pulled
> off. Final bends can
> be tweaked on the car, just get it real close as to
> the distance of the
> bend from teach other & the end, and which
> direction, the angle can be
> varied a bit as you lay it into the clips on the
> car. Make sure that the
> line DOES NOT TOUCH ANYTHING BUT THE RUBBER CLIPS if
> it rubs on the
> chassis, especially over a sharp edge, eventually it
> will cut and you will
> loose brakes. Not good.
> 
> Doing both rear hardlines on my bunny pickup took
> maybe 2-4 hours once i
> had figured out where to get the lines/couplers.
> 
> take care,
> 
> Steve
> 
>
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~Neal

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