Re: Stainless brakeline recommendations

[Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The guy who wrote that won't die if it fails, unless he's in the car in 
front of you, and we can bet he'll be in a GM, so him being in front of you 
is not too likely.

ALWAYS double flare brake lines. Single flared tubing is more likely to 
split and have a failure at the flare, and while some stainless tubing, 
especially seamless, is less susceptible to this than mild steel tubing, its 
still safer to double flare it.

I wouldn't call Hot Rod magazine the last source on anything. I have single 
flared stainless fuel lines on my own car, but that's not anywhere near the 
pressure a brake line sees. On an airplane, everything is double flared fpr 
reliability.

A better source of information on the subject would be the race car hardware 
and plumbing book, which was co-written by at least one guy from Earl's 
fittings, but the advice in there is very practical and reliable. Title is 
"Carroll Smith's nuts, bolts, fasteners, and plumbing handbook".

I bet you could even find a lawyer who would sue you if you ever sold the 
car and a single flared brake line failed.

Most commonly available stainless tubing (like that used in pre-bent tubing 
kits) is easily double flared using the standard kits, as long as the wall 
thickness is reasonable. If you buy some especially heavy walled tubing, 
you'll wear out your flaring tool and yourself unless you have an expensive 
flaring tool ($300+). The $30 kit works fine on the common stuff.

Dave Casey


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Stainless brakeline recommendations


> according to the August issue of HOT ROD, you don't need to double-flare 
> stainless tubing.
>
> Mark
>
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: Menko <menkoj@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > I thought I remembered reading that stainless was rather difficult to
> > flare? I have a double flare kit (a crappy one) that I have used for
> > regular lines.
> >
> > George have you ordered straight line from anywhere you liked?
> >
> > MJ
> >
> >
> > On 6/18/07, george smith wrote:
> > >
> > > Get a double flare line kit,25+ ft. of line and make
> > > them yourself.Cheaper and the satisfaction is
> > > priceless.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Menko Johnson
> > http://menko.no-ip.com/portfolio
> > menkoj@xxxxxxxxx
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