Re: Brake Line Kit

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's true,  one can find brake line tubing in various lengths at NAPA and
other
fine auto parts dealers. However these tubes are usually too long or too
short
when comparing them to the exact line one may be replacing.  The solution of
course is to cut these lines to the length that's required and reflare the
end. (BTW
don't forget to put the male/female inverted flare fitting the correct way
on the tube before flaring
the end). The kit that is on ebay I would assume, although it doesn't seem
to
specifically state that, is already cut to exacting lenghts and should
exactly duplicate
the lines on one's car. If this is not true there are companies on line I
have found that
will make an exact kit for a car, and even prebend as much of the tubing as
possible.
Some of these companies even sell kits made from stainless steel tubing.
Remember though
that stainless steel will acquire rust stains if in contact with plain
steel, just like your SS kitchen sink.
Some of the longer pieces require straightening as it is unfeasible to ship
a single or just
a few lines six feet long or something.
Even though there has been much talk lately on the list about flaring tubing
and not getting nice flares,
it is really not that difficult to do, just like any procedure one must
figure out how to do the work, use
the tooling properly and attempt to reproduce the same procedure each time
the task is performed. As
was mentioned before if one buys cheap quality tools you will most likely
get cheap quality results. I
suggest that one buy a good quality flaring tool (off ebay for cheap if
possible), a good quality cutter,
buy the NAPA or equivalent tubing and make your own brake lines.
Armand






From: Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Brake Line Kit
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Message-id: <200505110607.43792.jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

No Tom, I think it's just me.  I've never done any work with brake lines.
With all of the discussion lately about double-flaring tools, I just assumed
that all you could buy was straight lines that you had to flare youself.  If
these pre-flared lines are fairly common than that explains why they're so
cheap on eBay.

Todd

On Tuesday 10 May 2005 23:18, Tom Jennings wrote:
> On Tue, 10 May 2005, Todd Tomason wrote:
> > Does anyone know anything about the brake line kits listed recently on
> > eBay? Take a look at item 4549438666.  (Here's the link:
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4549438666
> > ) These are straight lines with the ends already flared and fittings
> > installed. You just have to bend them yourself.  I've never heard of
this
> > before. Anybody using these?  Does it work well?
>
> Unless I'm missing something, how is this different than just
> buying tubing at NAPA? it comes double-flared too and in straight

> lengths.