Can a brotha' get a crumb

[michael lang]

I am in need of the hard lines for the rear brakes. One of them is 'fubar'. I was removing the rear calipers to do a rebuild and the hard line on the driver side twisted and snapped off. I'm almost sure they are NLA from Porsche. Can anyone help a brotha' out. I gots cash!!

 

[cjbcpa]

I don't think its the rears that are NLA, its the fronts (at least that was my experience last year).)

In any event, I have two rears that I removed last season from my '86. Unfortunately,on one, a fittings is frozen. Perhaps a bit of PB Blaster or heat might fix it. You're welcome to one or both of them if you can send an address.

Alternatively, hard brake line fittings are pretty universal. My local National Auto parts store stocks brake lines in many different lengths with the fittings already attached. A pair of those and a $15 tubing bender and you could probably do it yourself.

Let me know.

CB

[michael lang]

Chris, you've got a PM

 

[Terry]

This is easy to do yourself. Go to Pep Boys or whatever and get a pre-made replacement line with the correct metric fittings. Then get a tubing bender (cheap) and fab your lines like the big boys. A small difference in length makes no difference. Just be sure you don't crimp the lines while putting them on.

[michael lang]

I know Terry, I can do that myself and if I am not able to get them from someone I will just go buy the tubing and make them myself. I can reuse the ends since they are still in excellent shape. Do you happen to know the name of the tool that is used to flare out the ends of the tubing? I know it has a special name. Maybe I can find it at the Eastwood website.

[Terry]

No, that is too much like work. You buy the line with the ends already installed and just bend it to fit. Flaring and fitting ends are way beyond me and I would undoubtedly create something which would leak, but only at a critical time.

[Ccns23]

Maybe post in the tech chair thread. I'm positive someone there can give you instructions. Good luck!!

[Darren]

Terry wrote:

No, that is too much like work. You buy the line with the ends already installed and just bend it to fit. Flaring and fitting ends are way beyond me and I would undoubtedly create something which would leak, but only at a critical time.

Yeah, exactly. Don't try doing the flares, they are very difficult to do unless you have a really good tool. Flares like that are easy to do with copper, in contrast, which I've done for household things. The steel is more difficult to flare. The premade pieces from Pep Boys (may have to ask, they aren't usually on the floor anymore but in the storage area) and an el-cheepo tube bender should work fine.

[michael lang]

FOUND!! My new friend Chris has hooked a brotha' up! But in all seriousness, this kind of common interest is what brings us all together and keeps this sport/hobby going. Chris my many thanks to stepping up and helping out a fellow Porsche owner in need of getting back on the road.

[dmano]

You could do a PepBoys fix and use compression fittings,