Bending hard brake line (1 Viewer)

[mustardfj40]

How can you guys make those clean 90 degrees bends on the hard brake lines? I like the tight 90 degree bends in the OEM lines. Any special tools, tips not to kink the lines?

Thanks to the advices I bought a bunch of 3/16 straight lines from NAPA with those metric fittings. And to Beanz2, I finally got to use your flaring tools....

/td

 

[cajunqueen]

bending brake lines

Try NAPA or other similar for a tubing bender. You don't want the benders that have the two small wheels on the outside and the large wheel on the inside for bending, because you can't tell how far you've bent. Try to get one of the benders with two handles that has the semi circle piece and the marks on it for different angles. I hope that made sense, you want a tubing bender with 2 handles not one with one handle. You just stick the tubing in and slowly clamp down with the handles and it makes a clean bend. Make sure you measure, measure, measure before you bend your lines otherwise you'll be buying more. I know from experience. Hope that helps.

 

[Pinion]

I use the regular tube bender that has a circle and a little holder. I have been bending the bulk 3/16 Napa line today with it and havent had a single problem. If you want to get the cool spirals, use a spray can to wrap the line around.

 

[Velocity2]

i think its MAC tools or maybe even craftsman that sells a little hand tool just for that. My friend has it and its great. Im picking one up myself her pretty soon. It can do up to a 1/2" line if i remember correctly. either way good tool to have! heck you can even make "mini conduit" like i have on my quad!

 

[ian]

What's the purpose of the cork screws in break line?

 

[Degnol]

To allow flex points between body and frame. Plus the bling.
Ed

 

[ian]

Ahh That makes sense. I was just going to make a single loop.. but a corkscrew offers many more flex points.. thus less likely to break. Thanks Degnol!

 

[Pinion]

Also if you cut the tube too long...makes for a good cover up.

 

[72FJ40]

if you bend the line around a bottle or something of the same diamater you want the line to come out to its real easy to not kink it

 

[Degnol]

If you overdo the # of coils it looks a little like an under-the-hood still. He He He

 

[Pinion]

Still eh.......


Hmmm. I guess I found a new use for my tubing bender. I will add some bulk copper tubing to my Home Depot list for tomorrow.

 

[miletwo]

still

If you're gonna pick up copper tubing for a still then be sure to check out homedistiller.org or rec.crafts.distilling on the newsgroups. I've been brewing beer for a couple of years now and the shiners are always asking questions in our NG (rec.crafts.brewing)... pretty cool stuff. I don't do it myself, of course, because it's illegal in N.America. Brewing your own beer however, is quite legal. Up to 200 gallons a year per household. Mmmm... only 160 gallons to go this year!

J

 

[usmcruiser]

When my buddies and I go to the Great Sanddunes here in Colorado we take a keg and a large cooler full of ice. Since there is no electricity we have to keep our beer cold some how. Lets face it no one like warm beer. We run copper tubing from the keg sitting in the sand into one side of the cooler have it coil around a few times and then out the other side. Makes the beer very cold. Best invention ever.

 

[Velocity2]

miletwo-its legal for your own personal consumption................now most people dont do that....

 

[ian]

Reference you can site stating as such?