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A very wise and respected Triumph guru, Randall Young, once told me when I
was planning on making my own brake lines instead of buying professionally
re-made lines to save a little money that =E2=80=9Cmaybe they can use the m=
oney you
save to help pay for the funeral=E2=80=9D.....I bought pre-made lines! Jus=
t sayin=E2=80=99
Bill
TR3A
TS63273L
On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 10:54 PM TeriAnn J. Wakeman <tjwakeman@gmail.com>
wrote:
> First, American and British standard brake fittings are incompatible, The
> British standard uses long noses before the threaded part and American
> standard fittings do not, which means a male British fitting will only
> screw in a couple threads before it bottoms out and an American male
> fitting will run out of threads before the end can make a seal when used
> with a British standard female fitting. That said. Rovers North sells bar=
e
> fittings Other US companies may as well.
>
> Second, good auto parts stores sells ready made brake lines on different
> lengths with American fittings. What I did was cut off one flare, replace
> the US fittings with UK fittings then after bending to shape made a new
> flare on the end that was cut off. If I needed longer lines than the stor=
e
> had I just joined two together using a US union fitting. I did this with
> both cars. The Land Rover has used my replacement lines for about 40 year=
s
> now and the TR3 for about 30 years. I purchased my flare making kit from
> Eastwood.
>
> TeriAnn
>
> On 1/6/21 5:28 PM, Sujit Roy wrote:
>
> I bought a good brake pipe flaring tool for rebuilding some hydraulic
> hoses for my Stag's rack. So far I have managed to reuse some flares.
> I may need some new flares but am finding them very expensive here in USA=
.
> UK have some but shipping costs add up.
> I need 7/16 x 20 for 1/4" tubing to make bubble flares.=C3=82
> If you make your own brake lines where do you go to get your fittings?I
> bought a cu /=C3=82 nickel line kit that came with fittings I can use.=C3=
=82
> Regards, Sujit
>
> --
> Sujit Roy
> Cupertino, California
>
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">A very wise and respected Triumph guru, Randall Young, on=
ce told me when I was planning on making my own brake lines instead of buyi=
ng professionally re-made lines to save a little money that =E2=80=9Cmaybe =
they can use the money you save to help pay for the funeral=E2=80=9D.....I =
bought pre-made lines!=C2=A0 Just sayin=E2=80=99</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br=
></div><div dir=3D"auto">Bill=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto">TR3A</div><div d=
ir=3D"auto">TS63273L</div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"l=
tr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 10:54 PM TeriAnn J. Wakeman=
<<a href=3D"mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com";>tjwakeman@gmail.com</a>> wro=
te:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;b=
order-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
=20
=20
=20
<div>
<div>First, American and British standard
brake fittings are incompatible, The British standard uses long
noses before the threaded part and American standard fittings do
not, which means a male British fitting will only screw in a
couple threads before it bottoms out and an American male fitting
will run out of threads before the end can make a seal when used
with a British standard female fitting. That said. Rovers North
sells bare fittings Other US companies may as well.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Second, good auto parts stores sells
ready made brake lines on different lengths with American
fittings. What I did was cut off one flare, replace the US
fittings with UK fittings then after bending to shape made a new
flare on the end that was cut off. If I needed longer lines than
the store had I just joined two together using a US union fitting.
I did this with both cars. The Land Rover has used my replacement
lines for about 40 years now and the TR3 for about 30 years. I
purchased my flare making kit from Eastwood.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>TeriAnn<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>On 1/6/21 5:28 PM, Sujit Roy wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite">
=20
<div dir=3D"ltr">I bought a good brake pipe flaring tool for
rebuilding some hydraulic hoses for my Stag's rack. So far I
have managed to reuse some flares.
<div>I may need some new flares but am finding them very
expensive here in USA. UK have some but shipping costs add up.</d=
iv>
<div>I need 7/16 x 20 for 1/4" tubing to make bubble flares.=
=C3=82=C2=A0</div>
<div>If you make your own brake lines where do you go to get
your fittings?I bought a cu /=C3=82=C2=A0nickel line kit that cam=
e with
fittings I can use.=C3=82=C2=A0</div>
<div>Regards, Sujit<br clear=3D"all">
<div><br>
</div>
-- <br>
<div dir=3D"ltr" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">
<div dir=3D"ltr">
<div>Sujit Roy<br>
Cupertino, California</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
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