On 6/8/2012 3:48 PM, courtney hook wrote: > can I just shorten these metal lines with a tubing cutter and then a flaring tool? Yes, but you will need an ISO ("bubble") flaring tool. I've got one of these, which works fine: http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/otc-bubble-iso-flaring-tool-kit-4504-p-15966.aspx But, if you're going to replace brake lines, and cut them to length yourself, you might as well do it right, once and for all. Get some Cunifer or Nicopp brake line, which doesn't corrode, so will last forever compared to even coated steel lines, along with new 10mm nuts The copper alloy brake line is _very_ much easier to work with than steel line. You can bend it by hand, and it flares easily. |
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