rover56
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- 2011
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- ford ranger
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- Automatic
It seems I'm about to experience the joy of bending brake lines for my 2011 Ranger 2 wheel drive with RBAS. I've been told there is a National Back Order on the two lines I need. I have bent two lines from NiCad and I have the tooling needed. I would like to have everything on hand and before,taking everything apart, so I have a few questions for those who tread this path. The two lines come from the "distribution box" (?) inside the driver side federwell and run along the frame rail. Research is telling me the connection to the distribution lines use bubble flares and these can be made with a 45 flaring tool, which I have. It also told me that ford used different size tubing/and or thread differences on the lines, so people could only connect system properly. Has anyone found this to be true? Is the threading SAE or metric? I plan on using rubber caps to quickly block air from entering the system as much as possible, I've learned that running the master dry can result in needing an expensive machine to purge the air, regular bleeding wont work at that point, but I still have fluid, just went to minimum before I caught it. Are these lines 3/16?Anyone have any tips for this adventure? I will try to do good documentation of this repair and post how it goes, maybe it will help others going this way.
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