Jamie Calder wrote:
> Good Questions! And, how can I get some if my local napa doesn't carry
it?
> I'll pay someone to go shopping for me!
>
Garret wrote:
>
> This sounds like something I'd like to use on my truck. Is it a hard
> line or
> some type of flexible line? How do you bend it (tube bender, by hand,
> flexible and no need to really bend it)? Finally, what kind of ends
> does it have and how do you install the ends?
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Terrible Tom
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 9:18 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Something About Brake Lines
The Poly lines are a straight, "hard line" - when I mean hard line I mean
the same kind of straight, preflared w/fittings kind of lines you could
always get from auto parts stores. Instead of being normal steel (and I'm
going to do some more research on these at work, they just came out not too
long ago), they are of some type of material that resists kinks and
snapping. I'm sure if you sat and bent the thing back and forth all day
like a coat hanger, it would eventually snap due to heat and flex... but you
can put amazingly tight bends in it, by hand, with no worry. You can bend
it by hand or with a hand held bender. The ends are standard 45 degree
flares in your typical SAE 3/16, 1/4, 5/16, and
3/8 sizes, SAE threads. Don't think they are out yet in metric or bubble
flare styles. However you could easily cut and flare it with bubble flares
or metric fittings. It cuts and flares the same as steel lines. I think it
may be avalible in rolls too. If you guys are intersted I'll fetch part
numbers for ya tomarrow. I'm not sure of its rust resistance, but I would
imagine, that its better than steel lines.
As for avaliblity? Any NAPA store *should* be able to get it. They may
need to pull from a non-local warehouse, which may fetch you some shipping
charges. I'll check warehouse stock when I get a chance.
-- ------------------------------------------------------------- Rocks are for skipping... I'm all about the mud 75 Honda CL360, 89 Dakota, 89 Dakota 4x4, 95 Dakota 4x4, 96 Neon, 01 Ram 4x4 http://members.aol.com/silvereightynine/ AIM & Yahoo: SilverEightynineYes Tom, part numbers would be great! I'm not sure the fitting sizes on my '96 though. The one that screws into the proportioning valve seems larger then the ones that go into the splitter though.
I realize NAPA should be able to get it but I was talking to the "don't really want to be bothered" parts guy! Maybe part numbers would make his life easier :)
Thanks for any help! James
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