Steve,
It sounds like you might be trying to use metric threads on your new brake
lines. Roadsters are SAE only. I used pickup (66-71 L510/L520 I think) lines
on
my car, which are available from your local distributor and they threaded in
smooth and easily with only two fingers. No leaks yet. Maybe you can find
braided lines for these pickups.
Tom
69 2000
Portland
SLBESQ@aol.com wrote:
> 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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