Steel Brake line at rear

[Tony H]

Is that 3/16th brake line that runs along the drivers side Frame. My wife just came home and the brakes went to the floor and it squirting out of the Steel line I gotta but a 6' piece and some fittings

 

[my pos mounty]

6' piece should come with the fittings on it already. Hard part is getting the line free from the rubber hose connection. Go hit that now with some PB Blaster or something similar.

 

[Tony H]

All the fittings are sprayed down...even before I Posted The diameter line is the question. 3/32?? I think that's what it measures.

Even if I cannot release the line that's in the frame clips, I will run another along side. Dopey gas tank is right where I have to work. It might be easier to replace the Soft hose going to the axle . It's pretty rusted up there and that hose is original anyway. Getting that 'C' clip off is going to be tough. Axle, shock and gas tank all in the path. The job itself is easy. Just getting the old crap off and out of the way.

 

[my pos mounty]

damn close to 100% sure its 3/16th

 

[Tony H]

Weird... to buy the line it did end up being 3/16" But I do not understand where they get that dimension from The diameter of the line is 3/32.. Anyway. the Job is done. wasn't that much fun. I decided to replace the Soft line on the Axle while I had it apart. Of course the solid lines started to twist. ahhh. I cut and double flared new nipples on the lines, there was enough play in them so it was OK .

 

[pinstripefan90]

Your best bet would have been to buy a 25' roll of 3/16 line and either use the old fittings or get new ones but its a lot cheaper that way. Over the summer I bought my fiance' a 2000 Dodge Intrepid that I replaced every brake line in, none leaked and some were rough and some were near okay but considering that she would be driving the car and not me I decided to replace every line, I went through two 25' rolls of line but it was cheap and not bad.

- Jake

 

[YBCold]

its 3/16s i had to replace mine it will be difficult to get off but with some pb blaster it should help. the fittings i got with my replacement line didnt fit so i had to recycle the old ones and reflare my lines

 

[marragtop]

You should also take a look at the metal line that goes across the rear axel. If the front line that you just replaced is bad, the one across the axel probably will go next.

 

[Tony H]

Your best bet would have been to buy a 25' roll of 3/16 line and either use the old fittings or get new ones but its a lot cheaper that way. Over the summer I bought my fiance' a 2000 Dodge Intrepid that I replaced every brake line in, none leaked and some were rough and some were near okay but considering that she would be driving the car and not me I decided to replace every line, I went through two 25' rolls of line but it was cheap and not bad.
- Jake

That's what I did.

BL-316 from NAPA. Bought new Ends . The lines from Wheel cylinder to to center looked great except at the slightest hint of them twisting I just cut them close and put new ends on. It wasn't worth bending new lines that would not look as goos as teh OEM.

 

[Tony H]

You should also take a look at the metal line that goes across the rear axel. If the front line that you just replaced is bad, the one across the axel probably will go next.

Funny thing about teh line that did go bad. It looked great up by the FuelFilter and back to wher eit hides behind the gas tank. It looked great all the way until the last 3". I don't know why the last few inches before it attaches to teh soft line was so rusted. I do poke around my vehicles enough but after noticing time and time again that the lines look fine.. I was surprised that this on little section was so bad.
This fix should last another 300K miles. The reel of tubing I bought was the "green" stuff. It has a protective coating on it.