Re: Brake Line Kit

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 11 May 2005, Todd Tomason wrote:

> 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.

You can buy the stuff in bulk, but everyone I know buys the
straight lengths with flares and nuts both ends, then cuts them
off :-)

A good store (nearly none of them these days :-( will have lots of
lengths; it's conceivable to replumb your entire brake system with
standard lengths.

You need a good bender though, one kink in a bent line and it's
trashed. You can bend gentle curves by hand but go suuuper
sloooow.

When I did the rear axle on my hornet, I used standard lengths;
one was about 3" too long so I took up the slack in a slightly
generous bend needed anyways to clear the U-bolts. A simple, easy
and safe trick.