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packardbell
Aug 2nd, 2012, 04:58 PM
in the past people preach to never use these home depot brass compression fittings for your brakelines as they are not capable to hold the pressure. but now there is these black metal compression fittings that are engineered and made to be used on brakelines, and these are 100% legal to be used on brake lines.
sometimes it is better to replace just the rusted out section instead of replacing a whole line which is like opening a can of worms.
would you use them or not?
these are the fittings and differences
brass is home depot at 1.00 a pop, black is from autoparts at 5.00 a pop.
do you trust the black ones?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/scirocco16v/IMG_2399.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/scirocco16v/IMG_2400.jpg
SoundMan
Aug 2nd, 2012, 05:14 PM
Do you have to flare the brake line to use these fiittings
packardbell
Aug 2nd, 2012, 05:34 PM
Do you have to flare the brake line to use these fiittings
no you do not need to flare the brakeline, these are cut the line insert the and tighten.
Ironsmack
Aug 2nd, 2012, 06:54 PM
Eh never experienced this.

I used flared ones when i replaced my hard brake line.

But, on most instances - might as well replace the whole line since your there anyways.
starboy869
Aug 2nd, 2012, 07:07 PM
Another way of being cheap. Esp with safety. If the brake line is rotted one spot it's not long for rest of the line to fall apart.
packardbell
Aug 2nd, 2012, 09:36 PM
Another way of being cheap. Esp with safety. If the brake line is rotted one spot it's not long for rest of the line to fall apart.

not necessarily true that the rest of the line is going to fall apart. usually where the lines see most of the elements and our deicing chemicals will rust while the rest will not.
this is rfd and going with the black fitting would be a safe cheap ***** repair, no??
Drthorne
Aug 2nd, 2012, 11:13 PM
I'm sure they will be fine if they are DOT and Transport Canada approved
starboy869
Aug 3rd, 2012, 12:58 AM
They have a dot/transport canada approval? Hmmmm interesting
l69norm
Aug 3rd, 2012, 10:28 PM
Better alternatives:
1. replace the Line
2. Flared fittings
packardbell
Aug 3rd, 2012, 10:47 PM
Better alternatives:
1. replace the Line
2. Flared fittings
RFD = cheap