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Brake line removal/repair/replacement (something?) help
- Subject: Brake line removal/repair/replacement (something?) help
- From: rhock99 at epix.net (Ryan H)
- Date: Thu Jul 21 17:16:44 2005
Yeah, that sounds like it would work. Something like a male to male adapter (a little piece with both ends female). So does anybody know if such a thing exists in the brake world?
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> From: "John C. Worden" <johncworden@verizon.net>
> Date: 2005/07/21 Thu PM 05:03:14 EDT
> To: Ryan H <rhock99@epix.net>, <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: Re: Brake line removal/repair/replacement (something?) help
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> At 08:31 PM 7/20/05, Ryan H wrote:
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> >My rearmost hard brake lines are leaking due to rust, so since I had to
> >drop the rear beam anyway, I figured I'd replace the rubber lines with
> >SS. Well, I can't disconnect the rubber line at the front and it's
> >looking pretty rusted on the hard line near the connection anyway, so is
> >there any way I can cut a section of the hard brake line and put in a new
> >section? Like an extension of sorts. I keep thinking, ok just put on a
> >female end and flare the line, but in my mind two flares just don't seem
> >to match up... any ideas?
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> You would need a flare to flare union, if such a thing exists in brake
> tubing size. It is a common thing in running gas and oil in homes, but I'm
> not sure about automotive uses.
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> John
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