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Making Brake Lines #800994
09/14/10 08:52 AM
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I'm in the process of making up the hard brake lines on my diff, done the short side ok. Looking for suggestions on how to make the large curve(semi circle) to go around the outside of the diff centre. I can do all the tight bends ok but no idea how to the slow curve.
Thanks for the suggestions
Mike

Re: Making Brake Lines [Re: RedCharger] #800995
09/14/10 09:13 AM
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How about bending the line around a coffee can or some other such object with the right radius.

Re: Making Brake Lines [Re: drew72] #800996
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Or perhaps the rear itself?


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Re: Making Brake Lines [Re: Moparzrule] #800997
09/14/10 09:48 AM
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I will try the can idea out, can't bend it around the diff as it sits inside the outside edge if that makes sense.

Thanks for the suggestions.. anyone else done this before ?
Cheers

Re: Making Brake Lines [Re: RedCharger] #800998
09/14/10 11:03 AM
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Hello! What are you making the brake lines out of? You should be able to bend the brake line by hand with NO problem. That size brake line is very flexible. Take care!

Re: Making Brake Lines [Re: RedCharger] #800999
09/14/10 11:04 AM
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I bend the lines around the perimeter of the rear, then tweak the bends as needed.

Re: Making Brake Lines [Re: DoctorDiff] #801000
09/14/10 01:58 PM
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I used the bottom part of a 5 gallon bucket to get a nice smooth bend. Other than that mostly have bent them by hand.







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