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Old 09-11-2012, 02:21 PM
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Brake fitting for my truck

I had this brake line made but I got it wrong, the line needs to have two male ends, not one male and one female. The ends are size 3/8. So instead of having a new hose made, I wanted to find a 3/8" union I could use to, effectively, make the female end into a male end.

I am finding all types of fittings with 3/8 as the size but they are all adapters (3/8 thread on one side but a different thread on the other side). I can't find a 3/8 x 3/8.

I am sure it's out there, I just can't find it. Anyone?
 
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Originally Posted by RIKIL
I had this brake line made but I got it wrong, the line needs to have two male ends, not one male and one female. The ends are size 3/8. So instead of having a new hose made, I wanted to find a 3/8" union I could use to, effectively, make the female end into a male end.

I am finding all types of fittings with 3/8 as the size but they are all adapters (3/8 thread on one side but a different thread on the other side). I can't find a 3/8 x 3/8.

I am sure it's out there, I just can't find it. Anyone?
I looked through my Weatherhead fittings catalog and there is a listing for a female 3/8"-24 inverted flare union but no inverted flare male unions.

The only thing I see you can do, if you're going to use what you have, is to take a very short length of 3/16" diameter brake tubing and install a 3/8"-24 fitting at each end of the short tube.
 
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I appreciate the effort. I thought it was a stretch. I'll have a new one made next week. No biggie
 
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