Making your own brake lines...
Not quite as easy as I would have liked it to be. Well, mostly time consuming.
Got all the lines made for the master cylinder/ABS/proportion valve. Now just have to run from the proportion valve to the front and rear tee's.
But DANG! A lot of trial and error with getting everything cut, flared, and bent right.
Put a line on the master cylinder to proportion valve, and it was leaking between the fitting and line. So I had to make a whole new line. Pretty irritating. (I think it was my flaring tool half's weren't level with each other, and the flare wasn't quite right, or perhaps the line was sticking out of the flaring tool cocked one way)
Also, my lines don't look quite as nice as factory.
A little tip: my bender made too wide of bends for certain parts, so you can use a socket to form a bend (bend the line around the socket).
Another tip: take your time, and evaluate and re-evaluate for that next bend.
Got all the lines made for the master cylinder/ABS/proportion valve. Now just have to run from the proportion valve to the front and rear tee's.
But DANG! A lot of trial and error with getting everything cut, flared, and bent right.
Put a line on the master cylinder to proportion valve, and it was leaking between the fitting and line. So I had to make a whole new line. Pretty irritating. (I think it was my flaring tool half's weren't level with each other, and the flare wasn't quite right, or perhaps the line was sticking out of the flaring tool cocked one way)
Also, my lines don't look quite as nice as factory.
A little tip: my bender made too wide of bends for certain parts, so you can use a socket to form a bend (bend the line around the socket).
Another tip: take your time, and evaluate and re-evaluate for that next bend.
Nice! Nothing like custom made. I had to make brake lines for my TA. What a pain in the butt. I hate flaring tools. I had a basic one. I wish I got the better one. Had to cut off the and redo it several times too.
I'm not hating the flaring tool was much as bending the lines.
I bought the Jegs kit that included the bend/flare kit (http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/63030K/10002/-1) and an extra spool and fittings (http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/63030/10002/-1) Only plubmed the master cylinder, and have used probably 1/2-2/3 of the spool.
Too wide of bends.
I bought the Jegs kit that included the bend/flare kit (http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/63030K/10002/-1) and an extra spool and fittings (http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/63030/10002/-1) Only plubmed the master cylinder, and have used probably 1/2-2/3 of the spool.
Too wide of bends.


