Update on brakes
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Update on brakes
So anyway I have a pinhole leak in the brake line close to the proportioning block. I guess I have to replace the line going to rear from the block.
Is this a tough job ? What's involved and were do I get the line ? Any info, tips and gotcha's are appreciated
Is this a tough job ? What's involved and were do I get the line ? Any info, tips and gotcha's are appreciated
Racer
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From: Old Monroe, Mo
you can get complete kits front to back or you can get just from the block back from all the vendors vbandp, mid-america, etc. not a bad job at all. my hardest part was getting the old ones loose. may just want to cut it if its too rusted.
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Wayne, here are a couple of places you can get the line from, as well as the major vette parts vendors:
http://www.classictube.com/
http://www.finelinesinc.com/
http://www.inlinetube.com/
I'm not sure if you can actually replace that line in one piece with the body on though. Another option is to just install a new section onto the existing line with a coupling.
http://www.classictube.com/
http://www.finelinesinc.com/
http://www.inlinetube.com/
I'm not sure if you can actually replace that line in one piece with the body on though. Another option is to just install a new section onto the existing line with a coupling.
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It can be done and quite a few of us have. The key is to lift the whole car high enough to get under it with room to work.
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I wouldn't. It's not that terrible to replace the front-to-rear line with the body down. Not the hardest, not the easiest. Cut the lines off right at the fitting and use a regular 6-point socket to twist them free. I'd seriously consider replacing all of the hard lines since one has rusted through, and replace the flex lines if they aren't very new. That way you only have to bleed the system once.
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Batty is essentilly correct, that's what I did, I just bought two ~5' lines and a coupler at the local parts house....it was a bit frustrating, but it's in there fine, been that way for some 5 years now...
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i replaced mine last year,its bolted to the side of the frame,not so difficult
to do.hardest job is to get it over the frame at the back wheels and into the distribution block,but it is possible
to do.hardest job is to get it over the frame at the back wheels and into the distribution block,but it is possible
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Yep, you can do just that if you want, you just need a double flaring tool, a tubing bender, a coupling, and a piece of line to get it done........BUT if the line has a leak in one spot, how long before it leaks in another if it is the factory original 27 year old line? I tend to agree that if possible replace the whole line, but if you choose to fix it, I have the required tools that I can lend you Wayne.
Last edited by 7t2vette; Oct 7, 2007 at 10:49 AM.
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