[DeTomaso] Dumb brake line question

[Brent Stewart]

Wow, Thanks Bill!!  Awesome info, just what I needed!!
brent 

    On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 12:13 PM, "SOBill at aol.com" <SOBill at aol.com> wrote:
 

  Brent, 37 degree flares are only for AN (think braided hose) fittings. 45 degree brake line double flares (where the tubing wall is folded back to the inside of the flare to provide a double wall thickness) are used, mostly,on older US cars. Bubble flares (where the end of the tubing is pushed back into a sort of bubble, but not folded back to double the wall thickness) are used, mostly, on EURO and Asian, cares. I say "mostly" because until you have the tubing and the part with which it must mate in your hands, you cannot be certain. Bubble flares were invented to overcome the problem that double flares often will not seal if reused. Bubble flares are better able to comply with the mating surface when reused. The type of flare, the flare nut, and the part with which the flare will mate must all be correct for that type of flare.  Auto parts stores have US and Metric size brake tubing with preformed ends in various straight lengths. They will let you search thru their brake tubing rack for what you need. Using these pre-flared tubes, means, after you make cut one end to fit, you only need to flare one end. So many "standards" have been employed, that there is no "standard."  Ah, the stories I could tell! The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Do the best you can with what your have where you are.
Have fun today!
SOBill  In a message dated 12/30/2015 9:28:30 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, detomaso at poca.com writes:
OK,  Not sure where to look this up, but I figure y'all know this off the top of your head.
Are the brake lines on our P-cars flared at 37 or 45 degrees?  Also, If I needed to replace a section, what would be the correct size given that (i think) metric line would be pretty hard to find?
thanks!brent4328

   OK,  Not sure where to look this up, but I figure y'all know this off
   the top of your head.
   Are the brake lines on our P-cars flared at 37 or 45 degrees?  Also, If
   I needed to replace a section, what would be the correct size given
   that (i think) metric line would be pretty hard to find?
   thanks!
   brent
   4328


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   Wow, Thanks Bill!!  Awesome info, just what I needed!!
   brent
   On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 12:13 PM, "SOBill at aol.com"
   <SOBill at aol.com> wrote:
   Brent,

   37 degree flares are only for AN (think braided hose) fittings.

   45 degree brake line double flares (where the tubing wall is folded
   back to the inside of the flare to provide a double wall thickness) are
   used, mostly,on older US cars.

   Bubble flares (where the end of the tubing is pushed back into a sort
   of bubble, but not folded back to double the wall thickness) are used,
   mostly, on EURO and Asian, cares.

   I say "mostly" because until you have the tubing and the part with
   which it must mate in your hands, you cannot be certain.

   Bubble flares were invented to overcome the problem that double flares
   often will not seal if reused. Bubble flares are better able to comply
   with the mating surface when reused. The type of flare, the flare nut,
   and the part with which the flare will mate must all be correct for
   that type of flare.

   Auto parts stores have US and Metric size brake tubing with preformed
   ends in various straight lengths. They will let you search thru their
   brake tubing rack for what you need. Using these pre-flared tubes,
   means, after you make cut one end to fit, you only need to flare one
   end.

   So many "standards" have been employed, that there is no "standard."

   Ah, the stories I could tell!

   The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
   Do the best you can with what your have where you are.
   Have fun today!
   SOBill

   In a message dated 12/30/2015 9:28:30 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
   detomaso at poca.com writes:

     OK,  Not sure where to look this up, but I figure y'all know this
     off the top of your head.
     Are the brake lines on our P-cars flared at 37 or 45 degrees?  Also,
     If I needed to replace a section, what would be the correct size
     given that (i think) metric line would be pretty hard to find?
     thanks!brent4328
        OK,  Not sure where to look this up, but I figure y'all know this
     off
        the top of your head.
        Are the brake lines on our P-cars flared at 37 or 45 degrees?
     Also, If
        I needed to replace a section, what would be the correct size
     given
        that (i think) metric line would be pretty hard to find?
        thanks!
        brent
        4328
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