From: Bruce C. Beattie (bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: Mon Sep 05 2005 - 10:03:45 PDT
Hopefully everyone knows this, but just in case there are newbies, there
are two
types of flares that I know of. One is used in refrigeration and is
refered to as a single flare,
the other is a double flare and this is used on brake lines. This
involves forming the end such
that the flared end bends back on itself, thereby leaving a ronded edge
at the end, instead of
a cut off type sharp edge. This requires a special flaring kit with
dies and carful attention to instructions. This is very important since
your life and others will depend on it.
Bruce Mvpa 23824
James Shanks wrote:
>Ron,
>
> Go to your local car parts joint like Napa or an
>old style local auto parts joint and buy all the
>brake lines you need. All the brake lines are
>standard Chevy Blazer but if you have a flare kit
>among your tool kit you can make any brake line
>needed from straight stock line and use a bending
>tool to get the correct bend needed. It is a lot
>cheaper and easier to do it this way than buy
>Chevy parts from a Dealer where you generally pay
>top price.
>
>James Shanks
>1985 M-1009
>
>
>--- Ron <rojoha@adelphia.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Found my brake fluid leak on the armored brake
>>line going down from the
>>chassis to the rear axle. All the lines look
>>pretty cheesy.
>> Since it is 'just' a 1985 Chevy Blazer, are
>>all the lines available from
>>your local Chevy dealer? Or are they 'special'?
>> Any MV dealers that have complete SS line
>>kits for them like they are
>>making for M38A1s and M37s?
>>
>>TIA, Ronzo
>>
>>
>>
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