In 1967 I was stranded in the middle of the country when a front brake line
broke on my new 1966 1600. (It was my fault.)
I went into a car parts place and when they were done laughing (what's a
Datsun?) they looked at the broken line and said "that's a Chevy part." Sure
enough, the lines and the fittings were the same and with some careful bending
I was off again to California. That Chevy part is still on the car. And I do
recall a discussion of double flaring.
Gary C
1966 1600
-----Original Message-----
From: roadster68 <roadster68@shaw.ca>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:13:51 -0700
Subject: Re: Brake Line Mystery
I just received some great websites from fellow lister Rob. One is from a
British car perspective. It talks about standard Detroit (American) flaring
at 45 degrees and double flared. Site also refers to "most" none British cars
as using AN (aka JIC) type single flares - 37 degree single flare w/ back up
sleeve and inch threaded swivel nut. This later one sounds familiar but not
what is on our roadsters. So it looks like our lines are supposed to be at 45
degrees w/ a double flare - mostly. John, I will re-read your notes. The
one website has some great shots of the double flaring process. It looked
good to me but the author said it could have been better. Larry.
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