While replacing a rear wheel cylinder, I had the steel line seized onto the clamp nut, so it was twisting as I removed it. Since the line looked pretty rough, I just cut it off and crimped the end to stop the fluid. I see in EKTA that these lines do not have part #s - just a 5m roll of line cut to length. So it would appear I need to get a flaring tool, some end "nuts", and some line, and since I assume the line is fairly cheap, I might as well do any that look bad, right? Or am I better off to just get the 15" or so that I need? This flaring kit: http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/ap7827.html shows 4.75, 6, 8, 10mm dies. It appears from EKTA that VW uses 4.75mm brake line - is this fairly easy to find?. Anyone know the correct size for the flare nuts? Thanks.Shawn Wright http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright '85 Jetta TD (retired) '85 Jetta D '88 Westy 2.1L '82 Diesel Westy |
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