73redblaze
1/2 ton status
Im going to the junkyard to pull the brake hard lines out of a blazer or chevy, which years of trucks and or blazers will work
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brake hard line years?
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check the listings in here:
http://www.inlinetube.com/Preformed%20Lines/Web%20Line%20Listings/CT-CAT-16.htm
http://www.inlinetube.com/Preformed%20Lines/Web%20Line%20Listings/CT-CAT-16.htm
OMG, that seems list SOOOOOO much work.
I 2nd Inline tube, they are right by my house, they do excellent work, they will make a complete pre-bent Stainless steel brake set for your specific vehicle and year for $200. Why would you ever crawl under some rusty old truck and fight and break knuckles pulling off 20 year old brake lines??????
Mabey it's a rustbelt thing, but there's is no way on God's Green Earth you'd even get a set of lines off a 20+ year old truck. The line clip bolts would be rusted/fused to frame, the lines would be rusted and bulged at each clip point, the line flange nuts would be fused to the lines. It took me a day and a flare tool and some new line nuts just to bleed the brakes on my '80 sunbird and that was in 1988. The lines were already so far gone, they should have been replaced. I couldn't get a bleed nut to move to save my life, so I had to replace the wheel cylinders and calipers, and to do that, to avoid twisting the heck out of the lines, I had to just cut them, re-flare and install new parts. Perhaps it's different in CA?
I 2nd Inline tube, they are right by my house, they do excellent work, they will make a complete pre-bent Stainless steel brake set for your specific vehicle and year for $200. Why would you ever crawl under some rusty old truck and fight and break knuckles pulling off 20 year old brake lines??????
Mabey it's a rustbelt thing, but there's is no way on God's Green Earth you'd even get a set of lines off a 20+ year old truck. The line clip bolts would be rusted/fused to frame, the lines would be rusted and bulged at each clip point, the line flange nuts would be fused to the lines. It took me a day and a flare tool and some new line nuts just to bleed the brakes on my '80 sunbird and that was in 1988. The lines were already so far gone, they should have been replaced. I couldn't get a bleed nut to move to save my life, so I had to replace the wheel cylinders and calipers, and to do that, to avoid twisting the heck out of the lines, I had to just cut them, re-flare and install new parts. Perhaps it's different in CA?
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I'll 3rd Inline tube. I ordered a new line for my '93 from them and it went in very easily. Might as well spend the extra $20 or so for the stainless too that way you never have to worry about them rusting.
edit: I replaced the rear hard line on mine from just below the master cylinder back to the rear axle.
edit: I replaced the rear hard line on mine from just below the master cylinder back to the rear axle.
73redblaze
1/2 ton status
rust isnt a big issue here, i can go unbolt them and be done with it in an hour or two, and it will cost me around $40 for 3 lines, but thanks for the help guys
Brake lines often rust from the INSIDE ,due to the fluid absorbing water ..my '81 G-10 van recently popped the rear line along the frame rail,and it looked absolutely perfect where it blew--had waxy undercoating on it and zero rust--on the outside!...but it was paper thin inside and all it took was one pump of the pedal to pop it..
I'd get a flaring tool and a roll of new brake tubing,Autozone now sells terne coated line in rolls thats good quality and is much thicker than the cheesy "ready made" ones they sell...the 40 bucks would be better spent on that,than junkyard lines that are "iffy" at best,even in rust free CA...
I'd get a flaring tool and a roll of new brake tubing,Autozone now sells terne coated line in rolls thats good quality and is much thicker than the cheesy "ready made" ones they sell...the 40 bucks would be better spent on that,than junkyard lines that are "iffy" at best,even in rust free CA...
73redblaze
1/2 ton status
thats what i will do. i hate hoe some lines are smaller than others and the fittings are diffrent so il just re run them all the same. thanks guys
In case you didn't know,GM uses a few weird fittings on their steel brake lines--ones that are not the same as what usually comes on pre-made ones !..then your stuck looking for the proper adapters or end up re-using the original line nuts,which I often do--I cut the old steel lines close to the nut with a hack saw,then use a 6 point socket to loosen the line nut so as to avoid boogering it up so it can be re-used--saves you a trip to several stores trying to hunt down the proper fittings or adapters,and the price of them...some stores here now sell short lines with one "regular" fitting and one of the weird ones that match the OEM one,I prefer making the lines from a roll all in one peice than coupling a bunch of adapters or adapter lines together though..
