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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by antichrist
With the right tools (like the ones I linked to) making a brake line is trivial.
I find it easiest, as mentioned, for some lines to put the fitting on one end, flare it, install it snug but so the tubing can still rotate in the fitting some, route/bend it correctly, then remove it and cut, attach the fitting and flare.

The more of them you do, the easier it becomes, especially with the better tools. Getting the length and the curves just right usually does not occur on the very first attempt.

After looking at the site, Federal Hill trading company, it appears that there may be a problem trying to mate some of the more generic ones with what we have, since the fittings do seem to have minor varitions in configuration from the ISO to the others.

A brake system is not where you want a mismatch in fittings.
 

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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 03:13 PM
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nvm its a 10mm x 1

EDIT:

got the fittings from NAPA

You need two 10mm x1 DIN/Bubble/ISO flared nuts that fit on 3/16" piping per pipe for future reference.
 

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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 05:29 PM
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cool, good to know. those are pretty common.

its the damn SAE threaded bubble flare stuff thats incredibly tough to get - which is how i stumbled onto fedhill in the first place.
 
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