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Old Feb 11, 2023 | 02:25 PM
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I need to find or figure out how to adapt a -3 fitting to a brake hardline.
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Go to a fluid transfer specialist shop. You know the guys that sell and make hydraulic lines and such. A couple different chain type outlets here in Australia.
they always have every kind of fitting and adapter for every kind of fluid line.
Their is a Enzed shop a block from where I work. When I need to change a brake line over to a AN fitting, common when installing modern callipers on a vintage Harley, I just run over there. They even make up custom brake lines. Certainly there must be such shops in the States.
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Old Feb 11, 2023 | 04:56 PM
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Go to a fluid transfer specialist shop. You know the guys that sell and make hydraulic lines and such. A couple different chain type outlets here in Australia.
they always have every kind of fitting and adapter for every kind of fluid line.
Their is a Enzed shop a block from where I work. When I need to change a brake line over to a AN fitting, common when installing modern callipers on a vintage Harley, I just run over there. They even make up custom brake lines. Certainly there must be such shops in the States.

Unfortunately nothing like that by me.
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Old Feb 11, 2023 | 05:16 PM
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I think you'd have to do 2 steps to get a 3/16 inverted flare up to a -3AN
A quick look shows -3an to inverted flare but only down to 1/2 IF, so maybe AN to pipe then pipe to IF or something
Can we know why?
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You mean something like this:

https://www.summitracing.com/search?...verted%20flare


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I think you'd have to do 2 steps to get a 3/16 inverted flare up to a -3AN
A quick look shows -3an to inverted flare but only down to 1/2 IF, so maybe AN to pipe then pipe to IF or something
Can we know why?
M
back halfed a car and used a thru the frame brake fitting. One end is brake hardline and the other is -3.
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Originally Posted by Purple92
The -3 end needs to be female.
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How is the hard line now terminated?
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Did some research and will use a tube nut and a tube sleeve. I will flare the line to 37 degrees and thats how you do it.
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