Doug
CoolVT(at)aol.com wrote:
> My most recent experience with brake lines was with a Volvo. With any kind of
> wrench that I've tried, and I've tried them all, I've ended up spoiling the
> fitting going into the caliper.
>
> Upon a visit to a local chain of small auto stores I found three kind of brake
> line fittings. What they called "american", Japanese and German. The
> "German" matched the Volvo.
>
> The so called Japanese and German looked identical to me, but were labeled
> Ger. and Jap. by the supplier. Incidentally, they were all available in 3/8"
> x 24.
>
> In the past to correct some of my messes I've purchased a short legnth of the
> proper line with fittings and also purchased the proper compression coupling.
> Cut off the end I need and join it to the original line with the compression
> fitting. I was worried years ago that this was not a safe repair although
> I've used compression fittings for hundreds of repairs to water lines.
> Anyway, I've never had a failure on a brake line with this repair. Any
> comments to this? I'm sure with this list there will be.
> Mark L.