brake line question

[fj40taz]

where is the best place to buy replcement brake lines, while grinding off the rear u-bolts the sparks cut thru the line that runs from wheel cylander to wheel cylander, is it just as easy to run to napa and buy some line and make them.

i see SOR has them for 13 bucks..

also where is the best place to buy stainless steel extended brakes lines??
i also see SOR has a kit for 110 it includes the front line rear line and the 2 lines that run to the front axles..

 

[Cruiserdrew]

Toyota still stocks a lot of hard lines for pretty cheap. I'd try that first. Making them is pretty easy if you've done it before.

 

[spdwaver]

Toyota still stocks a lot of hard lines for pretty cheap. I'd try that first. Making them is pretty easy if you've done it before.

I'd be curious to know how difficult it really is myself.

 

[xjnation]

The metric fittings are not too easy to come by. I just ordered 12 of the tube nuts and after shipping and handling it was $27. That plus the $15 for the hard line and I'll have all new hardlines front to rear. Some auto parts stores keep metric hardlines in stock, usually at the warehouse, in certain lengths. Try Napa, I think that'll be your best bet.

 

[inkpot]

Howdy! Any VW/dune buggy shop should carry it, I would think. BAP/GEON has all kinds of it around here, and they used to be on the east coast when I lived in Boston. John

 

[cruisermedic]

i just whent through this on my 75 40. i bought my line from advanced auto parts. its 3/16 line and was poly coated. 25 feet for $19.00 for fitting i bought a bunch of the short stick preflared with fitting on it allready, cut the end off and just used those fittings on my long runs. was cheaper to sacrifice a few short stick for the fitting than buy fittings alone. i think for the peice you are talking about it was a 12" section and was 3.69 with fitting. if you use a 12" piece it fits perfect and you dont have to make a flare, just make sure you use some thing small and round to make your bends. i used a screw driver handle for a tight bend right at the fitting. just make sure you have you fitting before the bend or youll never get it at the end(ask me how i know).

steve

 

[cruisermedic]

just make sure you ask for 3/16" line with metric fittings and bubble flare ends. advanced auto parts, autozone, napa, any of those type of places have what you need.

steve

 

[Cruiserdrew]

Not to nit pick here, but the premade lines you get at parts stores works fine. You want the double flared stuff, not the bubble flare stuff.

Also, the premade line I've gotten and used, has the right thread on the nuts (10mm x 1mm) but the nut itself is 11 mm which is not Toyota standard. Very few people have an 11mm flare wrench in the tool box.

I posted in another thread the part # and source of the proper nuts and hardline.

Seriously, though, if Toyota still carries these semi-circular lines, I would use that as it will fit great and be very high quality. If they don't, then you have to make your own. Not hard, but there is a knack to it.

 

[fireflyr]

Call Downey Off Road. The steel braided lines they sent were perfect.

 

[Magnum44]

I bought all my brake lines at toyota. Most I could get in a day. I had one run on my FJ45 that had to come from Japan but still didn't take to long. IMO, even with a good flaring tool it's still a pain to bend and flare lines when you can get them at a reasonable price from Toyota. If your set on using the premade lines at the auto parts stores you can always put an extra loop or bend to take up the extra length so you avoid cutting and flaring.

 

[Coolerman]

Making your own lines is easy, IF you have the right tools! Making Your Own Brake Lines

 

[apeterson]

even I made my own... and I am a goober.......

 

[ocdbeetle]

You can even go to Autozone and get the double flaring tools on their "loaner" program....Thats what I did.....gave them a deposit and got it back when I returned the tools...

 

[cruisermedic]

just to clear things up.....about the flare, i did look at some of my old fittings and some were double and some were bubble. i dont know if some one replaced some at some time and used the wrong flare. i know the truck seemed to stop well when it was owned buy my uncle with the bubble flares on them. i do know when i whent to find fittings i couldnt find any that were the right ones unless they were on a bubble flare line. i dont have any leaks, when i bled them i had great fluid flow and my some of my wheel cylinders moved. the ones that didnt the adjusters are stuck and when i try to move the pistons with plers or channel lock they dont budge. im not saying that what was/is on my truck is right....just what i found. hope if some one searches they find this thread and it saves them the same mistake i have.

steve

 

[HeadCase]

Making your own lines is easy, IF you have the right tools! Making Your Own Brake Lines

x2 - easy even for a 1st timer.