Brake Line Fitting Leaking
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Brake Line Fitting Leaking
help me over here, guys:
leaky brake line fitting
not sure if I should have put the thread here or there, or if I am now spamming doing this. Sorry if true.
leaky brake line fitting
not sure if I should have put the thread here or there, or if I am now spamming doing this. Sorry if true.
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From: Mount Royal, NJ
It sounds like a bad double flare at that end of the line, or the fitting is not tight enough.
The flare is called a double flare. It has to mate to a properly machined boss inside the hole. anything wrong will cause a leak, such as dirt in between the flare and boss, a bad flare, or a damaged boss. It doesn't take much dirt to cause problems.
Also, double flare fittings, once crushed into place, cannot be reused anywhere else without a decent chance of a leak.. The parts are basically married for life.
The fact that you stripped the nut is a telling factor. you probably now are not able to get it torqued down enough
to crush the flare. Crushing the double flare is what makes the super tight seal.
The flare is called a double flare. It has to mate to a properly machined boss inside the hole. anything wrong will cause a leak, such as dirt in between the flare and boss, a bad flare, or a damaged boss. It doesn't take much dirt to cause problems.
Also, double flare fittings, once crushed into place, cannot be reused anywhere else without a decent chance of a leak.. The parts are basically married for life.
The fact that you stripped the nut is a telling factor. you probably now are not able to get it torqued down enough
to crush the flare. Crushing the double flare is what makes the super tight seal.
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