Quote Originally Posted by Blocker View Post
I'm about to embark on removing all my lines from the chassis and am in the mood to rebuild them all from new components.

Any tips and tricks would be helpful about now so that I don't waste time and money, I'm not really fussed if I go to original materials if newer and better techniques are available at a reasonable cost.

What experience/dramas have you had that you can pass on to a young buck who will do this for the first time?

I've got access to a flaring tool kit so that's covered, but as for bending lines what's the best method?
Andrew, make sure the flaring tool is a brake line flaring tool.... brake lines need to be double flared so you need a double flaring tool.

Double flaring takes a little practice to get right so buy some extra tubing to practice on first, once you get the knack of it it's a piece of cake.

There are two types of tubing benders..... one is as mentioned and just a smaller version of exaust type benders, stick the tubing in the slot and pull it around the radius with the handle... if you have some tight bends to do these benders sometimes aren't suitable as the radius is too large. The other type is a tightly wound spring around a foot long that is flared out at one end... you slip the spring over the tubing to where you want to bend it and bend the spring either by hand or around a piece of appropriately sized pipe... the spring stops the tubing from kinking. The springs come in different sizes to suit the size tube you are bending. I have a couple of 1/2 and 3/4 inch ones for bending copper pipe and a 6mm one for copper gas lines which also does brake lines.

Brakes are a very important part of the car and not something you want to fail when needed the most.... As a suggestion if you are not confident in making new lines take your old ones for a pattern to a brake shop and get them to make up new ones for you.