where to get new brake line???

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kurtis adum

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its the rear passenger brake line that comes out of the proportional vavle and runs behind gas tank to the r. pass wheel. can i just get one from the parts store, or is this goin to be a pita??
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Go to Napa, Pepboys, Advance, Autozone, are any auto parts store. Measure the approx length you will need, take the old one out, bring the flare nuts with you, get the approx length you need with the correct fittings. Screw one fitting on, lightly bend the line with a had held bender, ot carefully by hand until you can screw the other fitting into the proper place. You will then need to bleed all 4 wheels, starting furthest from the master cyl. going in order to the closest. The whole job is pretty easy, and will only cost at the most $15.00. line, and brake fluid. and if you need two lines and put them together get a union to put the 2 together. Good luck
 

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yeah i went to auto zone but they didnt have the right flares on their lines. i have to wait til tomorroe to hit up all the auto part stores, is it easy to bend the tubing?, should i place it up there and do my own bend or try to copy the bends off the old line?
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You can just make your own bends, its pretty easy.. you can even do loops if you have too much, still works the same....
 

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First determine if you need an ISO type flare or a standard double flare.

You can by the same size brake line tubing, determined by the inside diameter of the tubing, at any parts store. You will also need the correct sized flare nuts. You can get a tubing bender from one of those cheap tool places like Harbor Freight. It will be fine for your purposes. Then you can either rent the flaring tool from Auto Zone, or have a shop do the flares for you for a small fee.

Bend the tubing to match the original, put a nut on one end and do the proper flare. Next set the line in place and cut the other end to lenght with a tubing cutter. Put on the flare nut and do the flare. Attach the line and bleed the system in the proper sequence, that is, Right Rear, Left Front, Left Rear, Right Front. The old method of bleeding brakes from the fartherest to the closest bleeder to the master cylinder is out dated.

Duel safety diagonal brakes require the aforementioned bleeding method for best results. Each half of the master cylinder controls one front and the opposite rear brake. So bleeding the system as described (RR, LF, LR, RF)bleeds one full circuit at a time.

The old system had the brakes split front and rear, so that bleeding the rear first, and then the front, served a purpose. This is no longer true. The old way will work, but it is not recommended, nor is it the "best practice".
 

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thank u for the advice, i got the new line in there pretty easily, i was quite surprised. i am havin one problem though, i took off the parking brake spring on the rear driver's side caliper. i cant get that thing compressed enough to go back on,, any advice to put that spring on??
kurt
 

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Man, those things are a pain. It took me ten minutes on the drums on my 87 GL the first time. I used long nosed pliars and just yanked on it as hard as I could and eventually got it on.
 

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Does anyone know off hand what size (ID) and flares are needed for a 1994?

I am hoping to purchase the 'POLY ARMOR' brake line at autozone in pre-flared sections, and couple it with union nuts, as needed. Honestly I've never done hard lines myself before, but have certainly played with many pre-flared assemblies, even flared a few (single flare) myself. It's for the rear... But, as previous poster stated, may be one section does opposite corners. So... if both rear lines go, you have no brakes at all!? safe, my ****. lol
 

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I also picked up a new master cyl, one caliper, and parking brake cables (all 3) from Rockauto. Ug.. Doesn't seem fun.
 

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