14 mm bubble flare brake line
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Car: 1982 camaro
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14 mm bubble flare brake line
I am currently doing a rear end swap and a disk to drum conversion, and the problem i have is the proportioning valve that i got is made for bubble flares, that you cant find anywhere. I got all of the brake lines on it except for the one to the rear brakes, i cant find a 14 mm bubble flare for it anywhere, and my stock on is 82 style with traditional threads. anyone else have this problem? how did you over come it? thanks
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try using a normal flare?... btw why are you going from disk to drum?!?
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you sure you need a 14mm? that'd be over a 1/2" usually brake lines are more like 3/16ths and 1/4. at any rate adapters aren't hard to find so you can go from bubble to double flare or you can buy a bubble tool and make your own lines
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sorry, i was a little mad when i wrote that, i meant drum to disk, everywhere i went had them up to the size under that, and it was 14 mm, the guy i bought the proportioning valve off of is going to send me the one i need, his name is Joseph van Camp, and i highly recommend him for camaro/firebird parts
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Pep Boys has pre-flared brake lines... but they don't know about them. I have to walk in back (by myself and nobody stops me- ha!) by the tires, and the lines are hanging from a rack. What's funny is the ISO bubble flare lines are hanging from the "foreign/import cars" rack- even though GM has used them since 1984.
You can also buy an ISO bubble flaring tool, check out http://www.toolparadise.com . I tried to find one locally- to buy OR to rent, and was SOL- no store had even heard of it.
You can also buy an ISO bubble flaring tool, check out http://www.toolparadise.com . I tried to find one locally- to buy OR to rent, and was SOL- no store had even heard of it.
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I got a question r those brakes lines needed on the rear to go into the earl hoses. I dont think i used them when i got new lines that r on it now going into the rubber hoses. I doesnt leak tho i think i might look at pep boys tho when i switch to the pbr's cause i want it done right.
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