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Re: is it possible to repair a broken brake line Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email] (#32) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:44:21 In Reply to: is it possible to repair a broken brake line, CBS [Profile/Gallery] , Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:20:48 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
You can fix that, no problem. What I would do is just get that section of brake line from a junkyard car. Then the bends will be right, and you only need to make two flares and not three. Every machine made flare is a blessing! :) Plus, you don't need to buy any bulk brake line.
For your union you can do any type of flare - double inverted female or stay consistent and do a metric bubble flare. Fedhillusa has unions and tube nuts for both types, so I'd just hit them up for the parts.
The hardest part will be flaring the line that's attached to the car since you won't have a lot of room to work in. I use a Mastercool hydraulic flaring tool since it can get crammed into small spaces, but it's like a $250 tool. Cheaper tools are available, but usually they have to mount in a vice, and even they are not that cheap.
I think the easiest approach (probably the cheapest) is for you to source that junkyard brake line, the tube nuts, and the union, and take the whole shebang to a pro. It's 20 minutes of work for someone with the right tools, then you just need to bleed the brakes.
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