Dan,
Somone else noted that tubing benders are available cheap, and I would highly
recommend one. Any good hardware store should have one. However, if you are
really in a bind, you can bend tubing by hand, but an old plumbers trick is to
fill the tube with fine sand and pack it in to keep the tubing from kinking.
Work slowly and don't try to straighten it if you put a kink in it accidentally.
Still, you're better off with a bender.
Chris Rogers
'64B and '66B (well, most of the '66 anyway)
Dan Ray wrote:
> Well, I guess our British "bubble flare" brake lines are becoming more rare.
> But I found one.
> For future reference - where do folks find brake line and fittings? I know
> someone in town with a bubble flare tool.
> Now, so I don't screw this one up...What's the best method for fitting a new
> brake line?
> Should I just bend by hand or is there a better way? Maybe this is common
> sense, but I know someone has done this before and I'm interested in any
> hints.
> This one is going in the back, from the flex hose, across the diff to the
> right rear wheel. (I crimped the original getting the differential pan off -
> better safe than sorry!)
> TIA
>
> Dan
> 73 B
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