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Here is a repost from my past experience of replacing pretty much
every brake component on my '69 Sonett. If you are going to replace
all the lines, there is no harm in just cutting the lines at easy to
reach places and pulling them out bit by bit. One source for hard
lines is "http://www.classictube.com". I used http://www.inlinetube.com, but I
spoke with the classictube.com folks over the phone and they sounded
pretty competent.
I called up inline tube, and read them the below specs over the
phone, and got a NICE set of new steel lines. I WOULD NOT GO TO THE
AUTO PARTS STORE TO GET LINES FOR A VSAAB!! Trust me, been there,
done that, doesn't work. Even when you THINK you have something you
can make work, it usually won't.
Anyway, I purchased a set of 6 custom built hard lines for my '69
Sonett from inlinetube (http://www.inlinetube.com). FYI the specs I used
are as follows:
EVERY line on the Sonett has ONE end with 3/8" - 24 Male with BUBBLE
flare tip; and the OTHER END is 3/8" - 24 Female with DOUBLE flare
tip. 4 Male tips go into the Brake Master Cylinder, the other two go
into the rear wheel cylinders. The 6 Female tips go on the flexible
lines.
There are 6 hard lines total, all of which are 3/16" diameter
tubing.
The lengths are:
Front Right - 30" ( double check this measurement, it may be a bit
shorter)
Front Left - 11"
Right Rear (middle line) - 103"
Left Rear (middle line) - 83"
Right Rear to cylinder - 17"
Left Rear to cylinder - 17"
To have these lines custom built at inlinetube should run ~$80. IT
IS WELL WORTH THE MONEY!!! Before I called inlinetube, I spent over
$100 on some line flaring tools alone, and I'll never use them. I
called inline tube, gave them the above specs, and the lines arrived
within a few days and looked factory perfect. They did not bend the
lines to SAAB factory specs, but that's fine with me since I don't
even see how you can install many of these lines "pre-bent" without
unbending them...Bending the lines is not a problem for me, it's
flaring them that results in hours of futile efforts and
frustration...
It took me a few hours to remove all the old lines, place my flex
lines in the right locations, and install all the new hard lines.
After a good brake bleeding session, my pedal is rock hard!!
FINALLY!!!
btw, Paragon Performance does sell the flex lines for our V4 SAABS
individually for very reasonable prices (in case you happen to strip
the threads on one like I did).
Chris Floyd, Raleigh, NC
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