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Brake line help

Posted By: 451Mopar

Brake line help - 05/29/17 06:34 AM

I found that I have the wrong front brake line kit for my '69 Coronet.
I currently have what appears to be a power disk brake kit, but need a kit for manual drums. It looks like the proportioning valves are quite a bit different.

Anyhow, looking at SSTubes (Fine Lines), they have several kits numbers, but I don't know the difference between a "Type 5, 6 or 7" right front line?
Posted By: 451Mopar

Re: Brake line help - 05/29/17 06:42 AM

Narrowing it down to type 5 or 6, but hard to see how each connects to the flexable brake lines
Posted By: RapidRobert

Re: Brake line help - 05/29/17 06:50 AM

I'm thinking the hard line would be the std 3/16" double flare with the std 3/8-24 straight thread male tube nut slid on the line behind the double flare end (if that helps).
Posted By: 451Mopar

Re: Brake line help - 05/29/17 07:21 AM

Must have been a long day today. I can just go look at my '69 Coronet 500, duh..
One of the things that upset me today is that I broke my brake flaring tool frown

Attached picture ktool.jpg
Posted By: 71birdJ68

Re: Brake line help - 05/29/17 03:30 PM

Drum brakes don't have a proportioning valve, so yes everything is different. Who did you buy the kit from? If you got it from the Wrong Stuff, send it back, and go with Fine Lines.
Posted By: TJP

Re: Brake line help - 05/29/17 04:57 PM

Originally Posted By 451Mopar
Must have been a long day today. I can just go look at my '69 Coronet 500, duh..
One of the things that upset me today is that I broke my brake flaring tool frown


I would suggest contacting the supplier on the tool and see if they will replace it beer
Posted By: 451Mopar

Re: Brake line help - 05/29/17 06:16 PM

I think I got the lines from Inline Tube at the Mopar Nationals about 15 years ago. I must have asked for the wrong kit because all three '69 Coronets I have are/were drum brake cars.

The brake line tool is the K-Tool KTI-70081. I think the same tool is sold by Eastwood and Inline tube. It did a good job until I broke it. I guess I don't know my own strength. It only has a one year warranty, and I have had it for 3 or 4 years. There are a few ways I could try to fix it. I may mill the back flat where it broke and make a steel plate to replace the part that broke off?
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