brake line help

[chevyboy1992]

ok i have a 95 z71 ext. cab and i am restoring it.i removed my old brake lines and they had badly mashed areas and stressed areas so im looking to get or make new ones.i looked on the web at advance auto parts and they have rolls of brake line would that be a good idea or would i need to go to a junkyard?

 

[Fobroader]

Go for the new stuff but you will need to rent a flaring tool to make it work.......also a bender is not a bad idea. Cheap and fairly easy to do.

 

[sewlow]

Yup^. Not a good idea to use 'used' parts for brakes.

 

[Fobroader]

Yup^. Not a good idea to use 'used' parts for brakes.

You could just plug the rear brake lines for ease of rebuilding and cost..... But yeah, used and brakes shouldnt go toghether.

 

[sewlow]

You could just plug the rear brake lines for ease of rebuilding and cost......

LOL! I know when I'm being poked at! Can't get my goat that easy! BS'n a BS'er!

 

[Joesgarage]

If your restoring then get the brake line by the roll, buy a double flare kit for steel line and a tube bender.
Do it right the first time. You can use a coat hanger to make a template/guide to bend your tube/line. Or reuse your old line for a template if its not too beat up.

 

[Tempted]

You could just plug the rear brake lines for ease of rebuilding and cost..... But yeah, used and brakes shouldnt go toghether.

I actually did that once.....

Had a turbo'ed 350(low volume, T3 Garret units at 8psi) in a lifted 86 4wd that I was racing a Mustank with. The exhaust pipe blew off the header at full boost, WOT and took my driver side rear brake line with it. I had a bolt that fit and jammed it in the hard line for a *temporary* fix. I sold the truck 4 years later and never fixed it.......

 

[chevyboy1992]

ok thanks im going to buy a roll of line and the fittings.i have a flaring tool but its not a double

 

[96k1500]

You can bend the brakeline without the tube bender but its alot easier and quicker if you have it, my rear brakeline blew at the same time one of my calipers blew, talk about a fun drive through town, never been so scared in my life lol

 

[chevyboy1992]

oh dang man good glad ya made it out okay.i had a brand new pitman arm come apart at 65 and that was no fun it flipped 7 times.i just bought a bender im goind to use it to get it all looking good and have good bends