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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Cool Brake Lines?

I had my front passenger side brake line go. The brake hoses look to be in good shape still. My question is replacing the brake line will I have to bleed the brakes?
Old Jun 9, 2010 | 07:58 PM
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Yes any time tiy get into the hydralics you will need to bleed the brakes
Old Jun 9, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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When I replaced the rusted lines on my Jeep I had them duplicated from stainless by Fine Lines. There are a few other vendors offering this service too.

They matched the armour and bends of the original that I sent them to duplicate.

The stainless is supposedly harder to seat / seal than the steel, but I don't have any issues.
Old Jun 9, 2010 | 09:26 PM
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Here are some pics:

Rear Installed

Old Front Removed

New Front Removed

If going this route, then take plenty of pics of the old line w/ a tape measure in case the replacement is close but not perfect.

I used my old pics to tweak the replacement to fit right into place.
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 05:00 AM
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Thanks for the info.
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 12:23 PM
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These vendors have patterns on-hand for some of the popular models.

That is a little easier than sending in the original.

This route is good to get the durability of stainless and to maintain the look of armoured.

A functional line is easy to create, but it won't look like the factory lines w/o the armour.
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