Brakeline Help

[Roadhammer]

Originally Posted by markeb01

If you've never used bendable green/black stuff before, I'd suggest buying a small piece to test for bending and flaring. On paper it sounds great. Corrosion resistant, easy to form, etc. Some people swear by it, but I'm not one of them.

I've never tried bending it by hand, since I have commercial grade roller tubing benders. In 40+ years of forming hard lines this is the only material I've ever had fold over and kink in the middle of a bend (several times), while using a roller bender.

I was also unable to form a usable flare. Each time the flare came out off center and appeared it would fracture if tightened. It took some shopping but I finally found a supply of the old galvanized steel tubing. Nice tight bends, no kinks, and perfect flares every time. If you have a different technique or equipment perhaps it would work fine. They obviously sell a lot.

Just something to consider. Here's how the old style turned out:

IF i had to flare them anyway i would have bought a flaring and bending tool and went to work....But these have all the fittings and are already flared. So i measured what lengths i need and bought as close to the right length as they sold they had 1/2/3/4/5 ft lengths. I will take pics and show what i come up with. Its my first time so this should be interesting.

Jory