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Subject:Re: Brake line fittings
From:John Anderson
Date:Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:13:35 -0700

They are standard M10 brake line fittings, most good FLAPS will have them, but may only have a longer length which can be annoying at times (if any require close tight bends adjacent a fitting) and many FLAPS will only have 4-5 of them laying in a drawer if the do have them.� And of course, I'd pull for the cunifer line personally as I've recently mentioned.� Flaring steel line with hand tools is not nearly as easy as one may think, particularly either ISO or douple flaring.� I've done several vehicles, I'd say I�have about a 7-8 in 10 good rate, which is real, real stinking annoying at times, for instance if you've blown 30 minutes bening a line up perfect on the car and are trying to put the flare on it at the final end, and botch it.� A good FWIW is that if you clamp the flaring block together adjacent to where the yoke is with a good C-clamp? to help hold, you will have MUCH better luck.� I actually use a little Starrett hand vise for this when
 I'm doing on down on the vehicle, which is even better, or I put the block in a real vise right up adjacent to where you are using the yoke to flare.� Holds better, flares better.� The cunifer is much easier to work compared to steel, and is all of $2/ft.� As I've also mentioned personally I HATE the poly armor line.� With non hydraulic hand tools it slips in the die block, gets the "poly" scraped off it, and then it just rusts.� If I didn't go cunifer, I'd go with regular ole zinc plated (looks galvanized) lines.
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I'm sure YMMV
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John

--- On Thu, 9/10/09, Jay Brown <badkarma@TTLC.NET> wrote:

I am getting ready to replace all of the brake lines on my '87 Wolfsburg in
the next week or two.� I am planning to use 3/16" Poly-Armor hard lines and
stock flex hoses.� I have the ISO bubble flare tool ready to roll as well.
Does anyone know off the top of their head what size fittings will be needed
as well as a total quantity to do a complete hard line replacement?