Gary,
From they way I understand your description, it will definitely leak. The
collar of the male fitting may seal against the face of the female
fitting, preventing fluid from leaking there. However, the fluid will leak
between the brake line and the inside of the male fitting. This class
of compression fittings were designed to seal directly, line-to-line,
flare-to-matching-flare. I think you're going to need some help from the
LaifMan on this one.
TTFN,
Bob
At 09:24 PM 6/25/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Rule #1: Never, ever work on something critical on your LBC when you're too
>tired to think straight.
>
>I did just that at 3am this morning while trying to attach a brake line to a
>booster fitting and ended up creating a lot of extra work. So what else is
>new? I boogered up the brake line fitting from cross-threading to such an
>extent that I had to replace the entire line.
>
>The replacement line is almost the same, with nice bubble flares, but with a
>short fitting on one end. This short fitting prevents the bubble flare from
>mating with the inside face of the female fitting. The collar of the male
>fitting
>mates fine with the outside face of the female fitting, seemingly making a
>tight seal.
>
>The Question: Will this union leak?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gary
Robert L. Palmer
UCSD, Dept. of AMES
619-822-1037 (o)
760-599-9927 (h)
rpalmer@ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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