As long as you have the brakes system apart why stop at one line. I would
replace them all as well as hoses. Lines are reasonably priced and not that
much extra money for piece of mind. I hear they can rust from the inside out
also. You may find that at least half of the lines will work with standard pre
made length. Even so once you bend and flare one line you see it's not that
tough. Although I have tubing benders I make most bends around sockets.
Grant
50 Chevy 3100
52 GMC 150
W&D wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim House <jhouse@ccsolution.com>
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 5:52 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] Break cylinder question
>
> >However they attach to the break line into a small
> >1/2 by 1 inch steel box like piece. Is this the correct way the rear lines
> >should be connected?
>
> That fitting, usually brass, but may have been steel during the war years,
> sometimes called a 'banjo fitting' was standard.
>
> >from the T in the back one of the medal lines has a kink in it. Should
> this
> >be replaced now. Or can I wait till summer. All this might me put off a
> >few weeks if the big snow storm hits the weekend!
>
> Lots of bad things can come from a kinked brake line. Get your self a
> double flairing kit and a tubing bender and make up a new line. You can use
> these tools to replace other brakelines as well as fuel lines.
>
> Whitney Haist
> CA
>
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