How to Replace Steel Brake Lines : How to Make a Custom Brake Line

Making a custom steel brake line. Learn how to replace a truck's steel brake lines, brake line removal, and custom brake lines in this free car maintenance video.

Expert: Nathan McCullough
Bio: Nathan McCullough graduated from Nashville Auto-Diesel College with a GPA of 3.5 and received their Craftsmanship Award and Honor Seal.
Filmmaker: Robert Rogers

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• maintenance
• replacing
• car
• steel
• replace
• brakes
• trucks
• braking
• repairs
• lines
• removing
• hoses

[jasont120476]

dont straighten the line out to measure the length. You will lose your point of reference for the shape of the line. just measure it

[raynard7]

"just like so" lol

[hamburgerkongen]

great work! he forgot to put the niple on before he flare'd it! and also there's a 10 times better method of measuring the lines 100% you just unscrew the niples and remove it gently so that the shape is still how it used to be, THEN you're gonna use tape to line it up right beside the old brakeline and bend it exactly the same way. Then put on both niples on each side and THEN flare it, congratulations! :D

[bblazeff1]

Its a DIE not a dye

[preprodigy]

I saw the first flare (when you used the small dye) but what about the second flare?? what that when you used the clamp head by itself? or did you use another one of those dyes??

[hp11208]

@raynard7 yes just like so lo.

[jhonea005]

My flares are coming out fine. My problem is that my fitting gets hung up around where the bottom of my flaring die sat. It won't marry up to the flare - stops about an inch from it. Is there any way to fix/avoid this?

[DannerDesigns]

you work harden the tube end with a pipe cutter, and you did not debur the inside of the line, hmmm

[billyphx2001]

I would have debarred the inside of the line before I flared it...

[djjerrylee1]

good stuff i hate his voice though



[saphcosmike]

Will this type of tool work on steel or Kunifer brake pipe ?? thanks!

[saphcosmike]

Will this type of tool work on steel or Kunifer brake pipe ?? thanks!