There’s a lot of information out there about making DIY brake hard lines, and having gone through a few walk-throughs, youtube videos, and a trip to O’Reilly’s I felt confident to dive in.
After spending the day mocking up my new hard line with baling wire, bending the steel hard line, overnighting the 10×1.0 fittings from Amazon that nobody carries in-stock (even though its THE most common import brake fitting size), flaring the ends and hooking it up, I was only met with disappointment when my fittings didn’t even pretend to create a sealed line.
Instead I got to watch as my brake system drained all its fluid, now making it so I need to flush the entire system in addition to creating a new hard line.
I hope that my notes can save you the extra time and expense it will take to learn the hard way!
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