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Levi17572 Sep 2, 2023 01:27 PM

Brake lines
 
So I decided to replace my hard brake lines on the front end of my 240 because the originally fittings would rather break than come loose.(literally broke off, luckily not into a caliper) It’s been quite an experience, I’ve redone them twice now, once because the universal fittings from autozone were junk and another because of the poor quality flares. In this process I’ve ended up buying a hydraulic flare tool and I’m about $300 into this project. The most recent lines I did looked great, fittings were close to original and all the flares were consistently good but still leaking. I can reuse some of the originally fittings but not all since two broke, that has to be the issue because I’m not sure I can get better bubble flares than this. Any advice would be much appreciated.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/volvofo...d527f2ff7.jpeg
My fitting
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/volvofo...d2fb6bb6a.jpeg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/volvofo...94f349b6c.jpeg
Volvos fitting
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/volvofo...00cbe19fd.jpeg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/volvofo...1bb885f17.jpeg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/volvofo...86927407e.jpeg

admasters Sep 6, 2023 08:36 PM

Your flares look great, I always get a new fitting when I replace a brake line


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