Alright, while replacing my brake lines I failed to use a flare wrench on my passanger front hard line and I stripped it pretty damn good.. I now have a 10mm flare wrench for future use but I still have a stripped fitting. So, what's the easiest way to remove and replace the fitting? I was thinking I could just snip the line and replace the end, but is there anything special I need to know about doing that? Any help would be great! Thanks.

 

vice grips or a bolt-out socket will probably work

(theyre actually 12mm, I think)

 

Vice grips are the only way to go on that one...

to re-do the line you'd need a flaring tool and a new fitting. From what I've heard, flaring can be a bitch... you may want to practice on some junkyard lines first... and get a fitting while you're there...

 

Yea, I've been trying to avoid having to reflare any lines because I've heard that as well.. Hopefully I can avoid that.

 

I made the same mistake a while back before I knew of the wonderful properties a flare nut wrench posessed. For as often as I replace brake lines, vice grips fit the bill for that one mangled nut...

 

cut the line and use a 10mm socket.

 

Thanks guys.. I snipped the sucker and made a new flare.. It took a few tries and about an inch of hardline before I got it right.

 

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Cool, hope it was a double flare.

 

Yes sir.