Can someone tell me what thread a brake line is?

[Mr.Fork]

I have a 96 XLT explorer, I popped a brake line the other day. Its the steel line running to the rear passenger caliper. I got a hole in the line where it goes around the diff cover. I want to pull the line off the junction block at the back and put a plug in there for a few days until I get the new line in but need to know what size the thread is. Can anyone tell me?

 

[Mr.Fork]

Really? No one knows or has needed to change that brake line?

 

[Blee1099]

Should be 3/16" steel brake line with a 1/4 line nut. I believe they are fine threads. Plugging the line temporarily is definately not recommended. Just get it fixed as soon as possible.

 

[poorjeffsford]

3/16" steel lines

Just went thru all my steel lines on my 94 explorer. rear lines are 3/16" I used a piece 30" long and make a few extra bends by hand to make it work. Front brakes lines are 3/16" but are a werid metric size I reused the nuts but also found two at some of the older parts stores. Also remember the metric lines a bubble flares needing a specail tool for that.

Jeffrey

 

[OneLever]

Get a caliper and measure it. Diameter should be obvious. Pitch is easily found by counting the number of threads in a half inch and doubling (or quarter inch and quadrupling). Or if metric count the number of threads in 10MM and divide 10MM by the number counted. Thread length is also easy to find. Confirm your measurements with a nut of the specs you measured from the hardware store and seeing if it fastens on smoothly.

 

[windsors03cobra]

I am sure someone somewhere makes what you are looking for I means its just threads and a little turning but I have never seen what you describe for sale in any auto parts house and I have haunted quite a few and have been swinging wrenches for the better part of 15 years.
Its a 2.5 foot run. Fix it right, its easy.