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Old 10-11-2004, 06:15 PM   #1
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Opinions on this kind of brake lines

First time i've been on the board in a while...things have changed a lil. Anyway, i'm running brakes on my 69. I bent some steel lines, but I don't like them at all. I saw in a catalog that you could buy 30-55 inch long braided steel flex lines. I'm considering running those on my rear end. Anyone see any problems with doing that?
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Old 10-11-2004, 07:42 PM   #2
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Check with "Inline Tube" or "Classic Tube". I think you will be happier with a factory steel or stainless steel line. jmo. Lolife99.
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Old 10-11-2004, 10:25 PM   #3
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I should have mentioned that I have a custom rear end with disc brakes. So I have to make the lines up, can't buy any repro's.
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Old 10-12-2004, 12:12 AM   #4
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I was going to run Aeroquip braided fuel lines for my project but I was told that on a daily driver (which mine will be) dirt and crud will work it's way between the braiding and hose and "work" on it possible causing leaks. Couldn't get a answer on how quick this could happen and I don't even know that this is true for sure. I was thinking I could just change them every 5 years like we do with some aircraft hoses during inspections. I need to run brake line also as I'm running a disc equipped 8.8. I decided to go ahead and go with stainless hard lines. I would think that running the braided lines to the T should be OK and run hard line forward. I'm interested to see what others say.
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Old 10-12-2004, 02:35 AM   #5
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Running steel braid line instead of hardline is going to make your brakes squishy. Steel braid gives you more firmness in your brakes when you use it where the factory used rubber. But where ever factory used hardline I recommend using hardline. I have a buddy who used steel braided off of his master cylinder and it looked good but didn't work good.
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