Brake Lines????

[EASTCOAST DUKE]

How hard is it to run new lines,I have a '99.5 CHEVY SILVERADO with rusty lines!
A local mechanic FIXED them with compresion fittings! Iwas wondering how hard
it would be to (1) custom bend new lines (2) buy prebent factory stuff?????
What do you guys think???

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[goofballracer]

are you changin them for looks? if they work then i would just leave them brake lines arnt the funnest thing

[jeff]

The OP said he has "rusty lines" that were fixed with compression fittings. I think replacing the lines is out of necessity, not for looks. I would recommend replacing them with another set of pre-bent and sized lines. Installation shouldn't take too long. If you got almost 8 years from the last set another set of OEM quality lines should last the same or longer.

Aloha

[loufish]

A local mechanic FIXED them with compression fittings!

The compression fittings I've used do not belong on any hydraulic braking system!
If that is indeed what was used, get the repair corrected ASAP...

[goofballracer]

std brakelines are a bubble flair and its a type of compression fitting

[Scott_F]

I don't know what a bubble flair is, but standard brake lines have a double flair on the end. It is nothing like a compression fitting.

[1wayne]

Buy factory made lines it will save alot of time and they are not expensive!

[TUBETECK]

The compression fittings I've used do not belong on any hydraulic braking system!
If that is indeed what was used, get the repair corrected ASAP...

The only comression fittings that can used on a hydraulic braking system are SWAGELOK fittings. The fittings are rated for 6,000 p.s.i and if bought in stainless will handle the corossive DOT3 brake fluid. I use swagelok at all four corners of my 5-16 and the motorhome that tows it. No problems yet.

[EASTCOAST DUKE]

The pedal seems fine now,if i had a garage and no family i'd replae them.But i don't trust them!!!!!

[lowdownndirty]

bubble flair = metric

double flair = STD.