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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Attleboro, MA
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![]() So I made it home for the holidays but am having an issue I hope I can resolve before I head back.
My rear left brake hardline that goes into the caliper is leaking. I know not many local places carry the correct size fitting to fix it. Ideally I could find the complete line with fittings and flares already made so I can just connect and go. I have seen the front brake hardlines and the long rear but never the short rear. Are the fronts long enough to do the rear? |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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![]() Auto Zone should have the right lines. You might have to get whatever length they have however. I believe one time I just used a slightly longer line and used a tubing bender to make a few extra curves. Harbor Freight probably has a cheap tubing bender.
Best if you can take in an old line for comparison.
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#3 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kansas, USA
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![]() Click on picture in IPD's Stainless Steel Brake Line Kit
While on picture, click left back arrow. I have not messed with brake lines yet...but check auto supply |
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#4 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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![]() I know that I have replaced a few lines with Auto Zone stuff. They have European, Japanese and USA style lines. But it's best to take along the old one to get an exact match.
Make sure to bleed that line when done. |
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#5 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kansas, USA
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![]() Front - Hose Length (In): 12-1/4 Inch
Rear - 13-1/8 Inch |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: - Stock PSI Or Bust -
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![]() No the front hardlines won't reach.
There should be something thaat you can make work at a good auto parts store as mentioned, but they will be steel lines not nickel. |
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The Librarian
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: So Cal
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![]() Volvo hardlines after 76 are made from cunifer or cupro-nickel. This article from Skinned Knuckles magazine explains the advantages of the material (Volvo content).
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#8 |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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![]() ![]() Good stuff. Post in wanted maybe someone is parting or has one in their culch pile. |
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: norte carolina
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(essentially sealing the VENT HOLE in the cap....) the caveat is that you don't want to BOTTOM OUT THE BRAKE PEDAL when ya get to the bleeding part.... put a towel up against the firewall and push GENTLY on the pedal until you feel the resistance of the towel....you'll get the air out tuit de suite *and* you you won't shred the cups inside the MC bore... carry on!....
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kansas, USA
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: norte carolina
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Back in NC again...
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![]() I just redid my rear brakes and have a left over rear driver's side hard line. Let me know...I can pop it in the mail if you cover shipping...good thing it is the short line.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Nate - I'd check around for a junkyard where ever you are for the holidays and see if you can score the line you need off a car there.
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: norte carolina
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"go-rounds" here and other fora where the *un-believers* claim *NO vent* to the MC...uh huh...troot dat! ![]() ![]() |
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#15 |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Attleboro, MA
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![]() thanks for the tip guys. will a local place likely have lines with the correct fittings and flares? i don't want to have to reuse my old fittings or make the flares. that's kinda the problem now, my flare is leaking. i would like to just be able to pick up a line with the correct fittings/flare in round the correct length.
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The Librarian
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: So Cal
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![]() You can buy one of these close to the correct length, but the fitting on one end will need to be changed. Most import repair shops will have the proper flare tool.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kansas, USA
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![]() Re: will a local place likely have lines with the correct fittings and flares?
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The Librarian
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: So Cal
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![]() The inboard fitting is female and attaches to the flex hose. The fitting can be reused but you'll need to cut the line and swap fittings. If you get a line that's too long, it can be cut to the correct length before flaring.
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Location: Kansas, USA
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brookeville, MD
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![]() ![]() ![]() Also - regarding the SkinnedKnuckles article you posted - has the federal government issued regulations/standards for rigid brake lines? The article says they hadn't at the time, but have the feds (namely NHTSA) issued any policy since?
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#22 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kansas, USA
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![]() DOT, and I don't have time to search thru their site, but here's an example page.
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: So Cal
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![]() I'd say so. It's a jy diff, everything was cut.
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