Brake line issue
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Brake line issue
Hey guys looking for some help. Yesterday I replaced my driver side axle shaft and while doing it the caliper fell and the weight caused a pin hole leak in the steel brake line that wrpas under the crossmember I assume to the passenger side caliper. My issue is I am having no luck in finding this line anywhere, I can only find the rubber hose that goes from it to the caliper.
If anyone can point me in the right direction It would be greatly appreciated.
If anyone can point me in the right direction It would be greatly appreciated.
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Buy a 60" length of 3/16" brake line from AutoZone or whatever parts store you have near you, it will come with double flares and the proper fittings on both ends - pull your old brake line off, bend the new one (can be done by hand, that's actually how I always do it even tho I got the tools) so it's close in shape to it, and install the new one in place of the old one. Easy project really, plan on one afternoon at most...
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Just went through this with rear brake lines. Jeff's Bronco Graveyard has a full set of the steel lines for ~$150 - couldn't find anywhere to buy specific lines. I ended up getting a kit for eastwood to bend them myself:
3/16in brake Line Starter kit
Sort of regret getting the full kit with the bending pilers, as LCAM said it's pretty easy to bend by hand if you have gloves on. Just FYI if you do get this kit buy an extra 3/16 adaptor - I broke it on the second flare. They sell it as a spare part so i assume it breaks a lot. There are some good videos and stuff to teach you how to do the double flare if you search around youtube and other sites.
3/16in brake Line Starter kit
Sort of regret getting the full kit with the bending pilers, as LCAM said it's pretty easy to bend by hand if you have gloves on. Just FYI if you do get this kit buy an extra 3/16 adaptor - I broke it on the second flare. They sell it as a spare part so i assume it breaks a lot. There are some good videos and stuff to teach you how to do the double flare if you search around youtube and other sites.
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That looks like the same double-flaring tool I'm using, box and parts and all - never broke none of its parts, and I've done more flares than my tiny brain has the capacity to remember... Them adapters dohave the habit of rolling off into the darkness and disappearing on you tho, so maybe that's why they're such a hot commodity? Oh yah, and for bending the brake lines you don't even need gloves, if you get the Poly-Armor (dark green coating) lines that AutoZone and Advance Auto sell those are a piece of cake to bend with bare hands without being any weaker when you put the brake line pressure in them.
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