Brake Line
From : Annonymous
Q: all my vehicles are falling apart. 1996 ram slt 1500 5.9 now the rear brake line blew just in front of the rear wheel on the drivers side. it rusted out where there was a rubber nub on the line i assume to protect it from a bolt head nearby and whole front reservoir for the brake fluid went dry. ive heard of being able to splice in a piece but have never done anything like this. the whole line actually looks bad. do you have to remove the fuel tank to replace this do they make a piece for this or do you buy tubing and bend it i was reading in the haynes manual but it isnt real specific. the bleading procedure seems kind of complicated too. any help would be appriciated. steve .
Replies:
From : clare at snyder on ca
on 30 apr 2006 180253 -0700 gunbunny31@msn.com wrote do not! i repeat do not splice a brake line. replace it! if your not going to to it right then do me a favor dont drive behind me. if your not sure how to do this hire a pro. a properly spliced brake line is safe. it entails double flaring the solid portion of the line and using a proper flare nut and coupling to connect a replacement brake line of the proper type size and material. never use compression fittings or copper tubing and do not attempt it without the proper double flaring tool anf a certain level of expertise in its use. *** posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com *** .
From : joe brophy
on 30 apr 2006 180253 -0700 gunbunny31@msn.com wrote do not! i repeat do not splice a brake line. replace it! if your not going to to it right then do me a favor dont drive behind me. if your not sure how to do this hire a pro. seems i heard about a tip on brake lines whereby a guy was using surplus solid rocket gasket material from the space shuttle srb program. havent heard the guy post here for a while however. who knows we may be seeing the beginning of another nasa development that has application far and wide from its original usage. could very well be following in the footsteps of wd-40 or teflon. history unfolding here and now regards joe. .
From : roy
a properly spliced brake line is safe. if you have the proper tools to to the job. the likelyhood of the whole line being rusted and crap is there. might just as well replace it. why would you half ass the job you would just be going back under the truck in a month or two anyway. im with the bunny on this. why would ya go through the bs if it is going away in one place....imo it is easier to replace the line rather than attempt a splice. reading the op he would probably be better served sending the repair out. roy .
From : tbone
a properly spliced brake line is safe. if you have the proper tools to to the job. the likelyhood of the whole line being rusted and crap is there. might just as well replace it. why would you half ass the job you would just be going back under the truck in a month or two anyway. im with the bunny on this. why would ya go through the bs if it is going away in one place....imo it is easier to replace the line rather than attempt a splice. reading the op he would probably be better served sending the repair out. roy my brake line had failed in the same place that line is a pita to just replace but is not all that difficult to repair where it failed. i cant speak for the op here but in my case the line was ok like new actually about 1 foot past the bend where they all seem to fail so i simply replaced it from that point up to the manifold where it begins. if the whole line seems rotten then i completely agree replace the whole thing but doing that is not easy and unless you can somehow find a direct factory pre-bent replacement you will still need just about all of the same tools and abilities that are required to repair it. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : ken
oh give me a break. if done properly a splice will work just fine. he said the whole brake line looks bad why take a chance on it ken w .
From : christopher thompson
a properly spliced brake line is safe. if you have the proper tools to to the job. the likelyhood of the whole line being rusted and crap is there. might just as well replace it. why would you half ass the job you would just be going back under the truck in a month or two anyway. im with the bunny on this. why would ya go through the bs if it is going away in one place....imo it is easier to replace the line rather than attempt a splice. reading the op he would probably be better served sending the repair out. roy my brake line had failed in the same place that line is a pita to just replace but is not all that difficult to repair where it failed. i cant speak for the op here but in my case the line was ok like new actually about 1 foot past the bend where they all seem to fail so i simply replaced it from that point up to the manifold where it begins. if the whole line seems rotten then i completely agree replace the whole thing but doing that is not easy and unless you can somehow find a direct factory pre-bent replacement you will still need just about all of the same tools and abilities that are required to repair it. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving did mopar go out of business -- -chris 05 ctd 99 durango 06 liberty crd .
From : tbone
a properly spliced brake line is safe. if you have the proper tools to to the job. the likelyhood of the whole line being rusted and crap is there. might just as well replace it. why would you half ass the job you would just be going back under the truck in a month or two anyway. im with the bunny on this. why would ya go through the bs if it is going away in one place....imo it is easier to replace the line rather than attempt a splice. reading the op he would probably be better served sending the repair out. roy my brake line had failed in the same place that line is a pita to just replace but is not all that difficult to repair where it failed. i cant speak for the op here but in my case the line was ok like new actually about 1 foot past the bend where they all seem to fail so i simply replaced it from that point up to the manifold where it begins. if the whole line seems rotten then i completely agree replace the whole thing but doing that is not easy and unless you can somehow find a direct factory pre-bent replacement you will still need just about all of the same tools and abilities that are required to repair it. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving did mopar go out of business not that im aware of so exactly what is the part # cost and availability of the rear line for that year ram and is it pre-bent. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : Annonymous
a properly spliced brake line is safe. if you have the proper tools to to the job. the likelyhood of the whole line being rusted and crap is there. might just as well replace it. why would you half ass the job you would just be going back under the truck in a month or two anyway. .
From : Annonymous
do not! i repeat do not splice a brake line. replace it! if your not going to to it right then do me a favor dont drive behind me. if your not sure how to do this hire a pro. .
From : tbone
oh give me a break. if done properly a splice will work just fine. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving do not! i repeat do not splice a brake line. replace it! if your not going to to it right then do me a favor dont drive behind me. if your not sure how to do this hire a pro. .
From : tbone
that is not the point. the point was that the person i responded to made a general comment that any repaired line is unsafe and that is complete bullshit. as for the ops line since i didnt see it i have no idea how bad it really is because sometimes they look far worse than they really are do you actually know -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving oh give me a break. if done properly a splice will work just fine. he said the whole brake line looks bad why take a chance on it ken w .
From : clare at snyder on ca
on mon 1 may 2006 091437 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote a properly spliced brake line is safe. if you have the proper tools to to the job. the likelyhood of the whole line being rusted and crap is there. might just as well replace it. why would you half ass the job you would just be going back under the truck in a month or two anyway. im with the bunny on this. why would ya go through the bs if it is going away in one place....imo it is easier to replace the line rather than attempt a splice. reading the op he would probably be better served sending the repair out. roy there are some situations where most of the line is protected and/or in a difficult to reach position where replacement is difficult and repair is simpler and adequate. ice replaced the last foot of full-length main brake lines on many vehicles. *** posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com *** .