SEATING the flare nuts on new stainless hard lines...

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you will want a die set for stainless to make flares....preferably a hydraulic unit. mostly i use a type of compression fitting adapting to a/n or jic.....and even that is a pia...

for brake line flares i have something like this.

https://www.amazon.com/LainKeen-Professional-Flaring-Degree-Single/dp/B0BBTFTGZ9/?tag=959media-20

That thar is fer profession-uls who duz a LOT of brake lines... I'll email AutoCalzone Corporate and suggest they add it to their "Loaners" lineup!

 

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OUCH!... So of course pulling 15 inches of vacuum is not going to stress anything, but once I got most of the air out on all 4 corners, and put pressure to the pedal, I got quite a stream running down my differential... but I didn't panic, I noticed the fittings on the drum backplates were bone-dry, and it hit me that that center wye-block is suspended up on that clip, and so I got "skeered" when I saw it flexing and wussed out (and here I was worried about OVER-tightening... with a 5" wrench, lol)... anyway, the handle on my 1/2"-drive ratchet filled the gap, so I backed off each flare-nut a 1/4 turn, then cranked down on it as hard as I had with the wheel ends, and voila', "toit" and dry... drove it around town, solid... will check again in the daylight.

THANKS for all the experienced input! #StainlessBrakeLinesFTW!

 

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if you have stainless brake lines....you have the reason.

Imma start making up reason to get stainless brake lines...