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Old 05-03-2016, 07:34 PM   #1
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Exclamation New brake lines?

So I am looking at replacing all of the brake lines for my 1970 short bed. I don't want to experiment so I am asking if anyone has done this and if so who did you use to order everything from? Looking to go from calipers to the master cylinder.

Also open for suggestions on a master cylinder for 4 wheel disc now.

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Old 05-03-2016, 10:52 PM   #2
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Re: New brake lines?

No one has replaced brake lines in a resto? C'mon now.
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Old 05-03-2016, 11:00 PM   #3
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Re: New brake lines?

I hard a hard time getting brake lines for my 72 GMC. The popular sources kept sending two piece lines while mine was a one piece. I was referred to inlinetube.Com who sources some of the commercial retailers. Fixed me up perfectly.
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Old 05-04-2016, 02:21 AM   #4
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Re: New brake lines?

I think I'd make my own lines before I tried to buy pre-bent tubing.

NAPA sells coils of Poly Armor which is supposed to be up to the task. I think all connections have to be double flares for brake lines. I'd get a premium tube bender, not those Harbor Fake Tools pieces. I think my Craftsman Double Flare kit would do fine for the ends.

What I did for my fuel lines (I bent my replacements myself) was to lay out the piece I was copying and bend up the new one, right beside the original, using the original's bends as a guide. It took a lot of attempts, but once I got a work bench, it all came together quickly.

The ground wire from a bit of 12-2 household wiring is easy to bend and yet stiff enough to hold those bends, when using it to figure out how one's new tube should go. With the fuel line at least, my replacement piece was an improvement over stock (I think anyway).

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Old 05-04-2016, 02:24 AM   #5
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Re: New brake lines?

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