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99 dakota Front P side hard brake line

Old Aug 23, 2015 | 01:30 PM
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Default 99 dakota Front P side hard brake line

Hey guys, in my never ending saga with the brakes on this thing, the front passenger brake line has rusted out and broken.

It's got a hole right at the junction block behind the removable panel in the drivers side wheel well.

I can cut/flare junction it (hoping I find some decent tube somewhere along the line) but i'd prefer to replace the whole thing if it's available and doesn't take forever to do.

So my questions are, is a premade available and if so how extensive is it to swap it out?

99 Dakota 3.9, 4wd 2dr.

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Joe
 
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Old Aug 26, 2015 | 11:27 AM
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I couldn't find a replacement.
So I made my own and junctioned it on clean tubing on the drivers side.
While I was at it I replaced the drivers side hard line and the soft line (did passenger side last year).
No way the fittings were coming off the junction, when I tried it dislodged the entire front block, so I just did all the work off the car. No way to really to mount the block back in so i'm going to have to clamp it some how.

Made the usual mistakes I make while doing brake lines.
bending the tube without the fitting in place
Flaring the tube without a fitting on it at all
And making a line without removing the existing fitting so there is an extra one in the middle (I left it there).
 
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