On 12/12/2011 7:36 AM, stryped wrote:
I replaced a section of rusted brake line under my truck when I had
the gas tank out. Two things I noticed, One, I had to make a very
sharp bend in the tubing with a tubing bender. It may be slightly
kinked. I was able to blow through it without any difficulty though.
Two, I used a compression fitting where the replacement line met the
old line.
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Bad idea imo; you really should either get a flaring kit and do it
yourself or buy preformed line. I wouldn't trust compression fittings
for the long haul in brake line application.

There are flexible hose kits; primarily they're already equipped w/ the
fittings to got into the cylinder fittings at the wheel but also can
find various kits and so on for custom use. NB that brake hose is rated
at like 3000 psi, not just ordinary rubber hose.

If the fluid is full of tiny bubbles your best bet on bleeding is to let
it set for at least a couple days and let that coalesce into larger
ones. That is indicative of low fluid and perhaps an air infiltration
when release; it's sucking air into and mixing it in with the fluid.

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