Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines

[Richard Tanimura]

Jim,

Would you happen to have a write-up of that anyplace? Do you do flares
and double-flares and all that good stuff? Any BTDT would helpful. A
list of the tools you use would be too.

Rich


On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:39:22 -0700, Jim Green <jim.green at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:14:11 EST, AUDIJIM at aol.com <AUDIJIM at aol.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm looking for a source for quality stainless steel braided brake lines for
> > my UrQuattro and my type 44. I've bought them before from GPR? maybe? and I
> > wasn't very happy with the quality of the product. I remember a thread about the
> > used of the non-DOT braided lines because they were of a better quality.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> 
> Jim, I've been making my own lines from Earls brake fittings for the
> past four years with great results.  I'm just now replacing them, but
> this time I'm using the black plastic coated XRP SS -3 line. The
> coating keeps all the grit out of the mesh liner, which is nice.
> Don't buy the GPR lines, you'll be lucky to get the right lengths and
> fitings the first time.
> 
> --
> Jim Green
> '89 90tq
> '89 80q
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