Who's using copper brake lines?

[DocsMachine]

Concur. But they hold up well for 10-15 years.

-My newest vehicle is 18 years old.

Doc.

 

[MikeF2316]

Here is a pic of a '98 S90 Volvo inside the front left wheel well that was taken back in April of this year. You can still see the dried salt. The brake line is still as good as new. (Every brake line from one end of the car to the other looks like this.) This is how you want your brake lines to look when they're 17 years old. This is how you want the brake lines to look on the car following you.

 

[Chevy-SS]

...... This is how you want the brake lines to look on the car following you.

Valid point..............


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[xtremek]

I'm in Maine we have 6 months of snow and salt and gravel roads. I've never seen a PVF coated line fail.

My '03 F150 had a rear axle line fail right in the middle of the drivers side piece. Right thru the coating from what I could see. (dim drop light) That was after only 10 years/178k miles. Cut the line an inch from the tee and crimped the line over on itself to get it home. Fun ride.

 

[JDon99]

Used Nicopp lines last year when I had to replace both rear brake lines on my work beater, very easy to work with!

 

[WhiffySpark]

Does anyone have a budget straightener? The only one I've looked at is Eastwood but I don't want to spend that much

 

[GRX]

Does anyone have a budget straightener? The only one I've looked at is Eastwood but I don't want to spend that much

You talking about the plier type? They work OK. Longer the tool the better. A cheap effective trick is to roll the line between two pieces of sturdy plywood. Straight as an arrow.

 

[gungatim]

You talking about the plier type? They work OK. Longer the tool the better. A cheap effective trick is to roll the line between two pieces of sturdy plywood. Straight as an arrow.

I actually used my HF tubing roller for that. about the only thing it's good for is straightening brake line, conduit, stuff like that...a bit overkill, but hey, this is GJ right?

 

[WhiffySpark]

You talking about the plier type? They work OK. Longer the tool the better. A cheap effective trick is to roll the line between two pieces of sturdy plywood. Straight as an arrow.

http://www.eastwood.com/tube-straightener.html

Just saw this one ..

http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-handheld-tubing-straighteners-3-16-1-4-3-8.html