Hey all
I am in the mist of my 85 iroc build up and I am up to Brake and Fuel lines. I bought this new frame and I am transferring all my old hardlines over to the new car. The trouble inlies in the fact that when I dropped the rear end out of my old car I totally forgot about the hard line. And yes. You guessed it. It broke.(right at the bracket where the rubber meets the hardline, but only the hardline was damaged)

So the trouble is that my hardline is too short. So can i cut the hardline back, get a new fitting, get a union and join it to a new piece of 1/4" hardline to get me to where i need to go?
really? cool? what fittings do i need? (2)1/4 inverted male? 1/4 union?

ok now that hardline connects to some kind of bracket that was also damaged in the rushed dropping of the rear. So where can i get a new one?

But the good news is that flexible rubber line going from the bracket to the T on the rear is fine. But it is on my 85's rear.
The new problem is I have a 95 rear now and was wondering if i can use the old rubber line? like is it long enough?

I don't think i missed anything, and forgive me for the long post.

/search gave me all i needed to know about hooking up my wilwood proportioning valve and hurst roll control but no dice on the rear info

 

IMO, it's not worth the trouble to go thru all that work when companies like Fine Lines, Classic Tube, and Inline Tube have brand new lines available and they'll bolt right in. Should you need to fab new lines yourself, Napa has preflared lines in various lengths so you can piece your own line together. I used 3 lines of different lengths on my Silverado when my hard line rusted through and it works great.

Ed

 

Like many others I am on a budget and don't feel like tossing a perfectly good line. So as far as joining one of these lines from napa...what kind of fittings do they have on the end of them? If it is an male inverted flare npt fitting can i get another one to go on my line and then get a union fitting to join them? Is this how you joined them on your silverado?

Thanks for the reply and if anyone else could help me with my other questions, especially where the hardline for the rear brakes meets some kind of bracket and becomes the rubber flex line. I still don't understand what fittings to use for that intersection.

/thanks again.

 

i'm with ebmiller i would buy new lines from finelines, they are very inexpensive, and prevent the chance of a leak that will cause you problmes. the rear end lines were like 35.00 on my project not sure what the longer ones cost but check out the web site for finelines all the prices are posted there.

jeff

 

The lines have the double flare like regular lines would. They have the fittings on hand to join the ends of the lines. The end of the line on my truck simply threaded into the female end of the rear axle flex line, no problems. All you'd have to do is bend the lines to run along the stock line routing, and have it come out near where the rearend flex line attaches to the bracket. Other than joining the sections of line together, you should need no special fittings.

Ed

 

very cool.

thanks guys.

 

good chance your car uses metric bubble flares and the new rear probably does also.

 

given that i am cutting and re-flaring everything no worries....thanks though.