dotong Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 hi, im replacing the rear cylinder on my 90, i need to trim the copper brake line and put a new bolt on it and then flare and refit it. anyone know where i can get the bolt from, the existing one is rounded and not worth putting back on! cheers donnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyboy Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Any decent motor factors should stock them. Do you have a brake pipe flaring tool and is there enough spare pipe to reform the end and still reach the cylinder? You'll lose approx 5mm of pipe for the flare plus the bit that you chop off. Take your old rounded off union with you and make sure you get the same thread. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotong Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Any decent motor factors should stock them. Do you have a brake pipe flaring tool and is there enough spare pipe to reform the end and still reach the cylinder? You'll lose approx 5mm of pipe for the flare plus the bit that you chop off. Take your old rounded off union with you and make sure you get the same thread. Mark. ye i have the flaring tool, hopefully ill have enough left to reach as there is a loop in it. if not is there a connection to put a new piece in or do i need to do the whole lot?? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 If it's too short then just replace the length from the T piece above the rear diff to the cylinder. HTH Ivan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyboy Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 What Ivan says would be the ideal way to do it. Failing that you can join brake pipes by using a male and female union. Make sure that one of your flares is convex and the other concave. IIRC the female union should have a concave flare and the male union a convex flare. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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