Hard brake line, copper/nickel vs stainless

[tRustyK5]

Well the irony is that that tool is made by "inline tube"...

I think unfolding one large 180 degree bend in a CNC bent line is nowhere near as difficult as dealing with a coil of SS line.

 

[PHC CK5]

So ORD sells 2 stainless braided hose for rear axle and goes to The fitting. Eliminating the hardline. I was told use as little hose as possible and still use the hardline. Anyone just used the hose? Any problems like spongy feeling brake pedal?

 

[imiceman44]

So ORD sells 2 stainless braided hose for rear axle and goes to The fitting. Eliminating the hardline. I was told use as little hose as possible and still use the hardline. Anyone just used the hose? Any problems like spongy feeling brake pedal?

Technically stainless braided keeps the rubber hose from inflating which causes the spongy feeling

 

[PHC CK5]

Technically stainless braided keeps the rubber hose from inflating which causes the spongy feeling

Also the hose that is used is teflon

 

[K85 Octane]

I would still look into gettting premade lengths of hardline from the auto store. At least it's steel, nutted, and flared. Just bend to "kinda fit" tolerances and be done. The axle line is the easiest line to do.

 

[diesel4me]

Those pre-made lines are handy,save time & labor,but they also seem to be the ones that will rust away and pop the soonest also..the ones with just a galvanized coating are the worst for that--the ones coated with the teflon or vinyl coatings hold it a bit better,but I've still had a few fail in just a year or two..up here the road treatments they use in winter are like battery acid..

 

[73k5blazer]

I wouldn't put anything except SS on, personally. But I live in the rust belt. Inlinetube....full set, $180 in SS which is only $20 more than 'oem steel', why bother with anything else. Where I live, steel lines are gone within 5-7 years, I've used countless line sets of theirs, 98 S10, 86 C10, 73 K5, 2000 LeSabre, 2004 LeSabre, 2006 Suburban, 2008 Impala....an some more I'm probably forgetting. Never once had any issue with their stuff. I live close enough to their shop where I just go pick them up so no shipping bend for me. They always fit pretty darn close with little if any modification necessary. They'll also scan anything you bring them and copy them in any material you want. I even told them for my k5, use the k5 set, except i wanted the 1ton axle rear brake lines, cut a wee bit short each side because I have disc brake conversion and use their SS braided lines to connect to calipers instead of direct connected wheel cylinder, they comply, no issues at all. Top notch outfit with high quality product if you ask me.
I also ran fuel pressure and return lines in my custom fuel system on my k5, using their flare tool, yeah, it's a kinda a fight to get that SS to flare properly, but, it's doable, especially after practicing a few times on some junk pieces.

 

[imiceman44]

I wouldn't put anything except SS on, personally. But I live in the rust belt. Inlinetube....full set, $180 in SS which is only $20 more than 'oem steel', why bother with anything else. Where I live, steel lines are gone within 5-7 years, I've used countless line sets of theirs, 98 S10, 86 C10, 73 K5, 2000 LeSabre, 2004 LeSabre, 2006 Suburban, 2008 Impala....an some more I'm probably forgetting. Never once had any issue with their stuff. I live close enough to their shop where I just go pick them up so no shipping bend for me. They always fit pretty darn close with little if any modification necessary. They'll also scan anything you bring them and copy them in any material you want. I even told them for my k5, use the k5 set, except i wanted the 1ton axle rear brake lines, cut a wee bit short each side because I have disc brake conversion and use their SS braided lines to connect to calipers instead of direct connected wheel cylinder, they comply, no issues at all. Top notch outfit with high quality product if you ask me.
I also ran fuel pressure and return lines in my custom fuel system on my k5, using their flare tool, yeah, it's a kinda a fight to get that SS to flare properly, but, it's doable, especially after practicing a few times on some junk pieces.

It's always nice when a supplier is close enough you can pick up instead of shipping