Managed to get my new wheel bearing and put new brakes on, upon pumping the brakes to seat them i blew a brake line going to the back of the truck. What is the size of the brake lines on a dakota and and special tools i need? Need to get this back on road asap!

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Fairly certain it is 3/16" OD. You just need the line, the fittings and a flare tool. Or if only part of the line is bad and the rest is in good shape, you can just get some line, cut out a section, and splice new line there with compression fittings, no flare took required.

 

Thanks for quick reply, yea i think your right it looks pretty small almost certain to be 3/16, im just going to try and replace the whole line, it looks pretty bad, im hoping the nuts at both ends come off pretty easy.

 

moe in wichita ks
break line MUST be double flaired, this is done in two stages with a specal tool. also ONLY use steel for any lines on a car or truck, this includes fuel line, break line or any other dont bend the tubing by hand it will kink, get a good tube bender. dont forget it put the nut on the tube before you flair the tube. under NO case use compression fittings on break lines, they will NOT hold the pressure. break lines can go as high 5000 psi. also get some anti-sieze compound put a small amount on the tube at the nut, and a small amount on the threads of the nut. also put some the threads of the bolts that hold the break cyl. realy anti-size should go on ANY bolt on the bottom side of the truck. in another 30,000 miles you will thank me. good luck

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I just ordered a new complete rear line from the dealership for mine when it went out. It wasn't too expensinve and it saved me a lot of time bending cutting and flaring lines....plus then you know the flares are done correctly. The worst part was trying to get the line in place without bending it but it wasn't too bad.

I highly recommend a set of line wrenches too or you will run a much higher risk of rounding over the nuts at the ends. The wrenches also make it much easier to remove the old rusty lines becuase of the larger surface area of the "claw " part of the wrench.