hi fred and everyone on the list:
i've just been reading your (fred's) tale on your website re your roadster
restoration. i'm looking for info on the brakes. i wanted to install
braided stainless lines for all three rubber lines on my car (67.5). i
ordered some from pegasus (the wrong ones it turns out). to start, i
disconnected the rubber line from the hard line at the driver's side front
wheel. doing so drained all the fluid. the hard line to rubber line
connection was quite tight and took alot of effort to free.
after discovering i had the wrong braided stainless lines (female at both
ends), i attempted to reassemble the hard line to the rubber line. the hard
line fitting no longer wanted to thread down easily into the rubber line. i
eventually got it going with much effort. so much effort in fact, it seemed
as if i was cross threading it. i backed the fitting out and inspected the
threads on both it and the rubber line. the threads in the rubber line
seemed fine. but the bottom threads of the hard line fitting appeared to be
gone, smoothed away, leaving about one-half inch of thread. i didn't inspect
it when it first came out, but it did not look right at this point. i again
attempted to reinsert the hard line fitting, and got it tight as i could.
after filling the reservoir again, and pumping the pedal a few times, fluid
was everywhere from that connection, exiting the system from between the hard
line fitting and the hard line, up through that fitting. did that make
sense?
i ordered the correct braided lines from les. and now need to install them.
(still with me? thank you very much for reading this if you are!)
so on to my questions:
1. i assume that i need to replace the hard line to the driver's side
front, because of the condition of the fitting. if so, can i just buy a
pre-made length of the proper diameter brake line at the auto parts store and
bend then install it? are those lines double-flared? if not, can i still
buy that pre-made line and add another flare, or must i start from scratch,
and do both flares? (i have some experience with flaring tools from my days
in the pipe fitters union, but own none.).
2. must i bleed the master at this point as well? given that it nearly
emptied when i disassembled the lines.
i apologize for the length of this book-like email. i will greatly
appreciate any help or guidance you can give me. thank you.
steve
67.5MIZU
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