ok well me being an idiot managed to break my hard brake line that runs out to the wheel well...so now i need to know what options i have to repair this.

here is a photo so you can see what i did...it is broken right before the hardline meets the rubber hose.

 

Buy a SS braided brake line kit.

I forgot who it is that sells them, buy the price isn't all that bad.

Someone should know what I'm talking about and help you out.

 

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I forgot who it is that sells them, buy the price isn't all that bad.

Someone should know what I'm talking about and help you out.</TD></TR></TABLE>

um, no. a stainless steel brake line only replaces the rubber.

you have to replumb the line that you broke. maybe you can buy it new, prebent and with the right fittings.


or just go to the junkyard and replace it. but seeing thats its a rear line, its gonna be a long one. you might just have to cut the stock line in a more convenient location, then add a fitting and then a custom line to make up the difference.

 

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um, no. a stainless steel brake line only replaces the rubber.

you have to replumb the line that you broke. maybe you can buy it new, prebent and with the right fittings.

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Doesn't some company make some type of aftermarket lines from the MC to the brake lines?

 

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That's what I thought also.

If worse comes to worse, you could always go to http://www.majestichonda.com and order new ones.

 

none that i ever heard.

i dont see how its a viable product. ive never heard of the hardlines ever being replaced, so i dont think theres a market for it.

its going to be a custom job. it doesnt look that hard, you just have to buy the right tools, or borrow i guess, to flare the end of the hard brake line. i think stock brake lines are double flared.

 

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That's what I thought also.

If worse comes to worse, you could always go to http://www.majestichonda.com and order new ones.</TD></TR></TABLE>


I got this from Majestic:

 

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Yeah, cutting and re-attatching would probably be easier than trying to replace the whole damn thing.

 

use a pipe cutter, cut off the mangled piece on the end, then goto autozone and buy the shortest brake line they have and cut off the flare on the end, put the flare onto your hardline then flare the end of the pipe, then get slightly longer rubber brake lines (I think DA lines are longer)...this will be the easiest way, plus majestic probably charges an arm and a leg for new hard lines

 

how would i go about attaching the flare the to broken hard line???

 

with a flaring tool of course...



http://www.stu-offroad.com/sus...1.htm

 

i read the link but i still dont really understand this.....if i flare out the old line which is the body line or hardline how is it being attached to the new line by flaring it do i flare it and use a fitting to attach the new line or something ?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redwards &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> do i flare it and use a fitting to attach the new line or something ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes.

 

just make sure you have the new fitting on b4 you flare it, otherwise you cant get on. ive done this b4 and felt like a total idiot.

make sure you use a mini pipe cuter, and use a deburing tool to ensure a proper double flare

 

i highly sugest that you practice the double flare on the small piece of hardline you buy from the autostore (autozone,etc, doesnt stock just flares, you mus buy a line)..because it doesnt look like you have much room to mess this up

 

to find the correct hard line, remove your brake line (by pulling out the clip right below the fitting) and bring it in and try all their Japanese lines by screwing it into the rubber line