Tom,
I'm not an expert but I have to imagine if the flares are done
properly and the connections are good, it shouldn't matter. The system
is closed. No air or fluid should be getting in or getting out or you
would get a soft pedal.
My 1940 original brakes had three Ts right from the factory. One line
goes from the MC over to the frame to a T, it splits front to rear.
Going forward the line goes to the passenger side front brake and Ts
again to put a flex line out to the brake drum and another solid line
to the drivers side. Going back it follows the frame to a flexible
line that connects the rear axle. This flexible line ends at a T that
divides the left and right to the rear brake drums.
I hope someone with real expertise can say one way or the other.
Bill Schickling
> Would three connections in a brake line be to many, or make the
> line unsafe? I need a line to go from the 3/16" 'T' on the rear,
> to the 1/4" proportion valve and th distance is around 77". The
> longest brake line I have found locally is 60". The line also
> needs to reduce from 1/4 to 3/16ths.
> I have found 3 seperate pieces along with a couple unions that
> will do what I need, but I was wondering if all the connnections
> would be as safe as one pice with one union?
> Thanks for any help.
> tom
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