Brake Line leaking

lithiumus

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There were spots where the the lines met and leaked. The amount of torque required was definitely more that I thought would be required and esp. if you are trying to loosen/tighten an old fitting with very little room... an open ended wrench will slip and begin to round the edges.
 

Rusty Accord

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Sorry for dragging this up from the dead, but I thought I'd add in that if you didn't want to double flare on your own or aren't comfortable trying to make a double flare, you can buy steel lines with fittings attached. This is a better alternative to using a compression fitting(s). So that all you need is to bend your new lines to the correct shapes, and add a coupling or 2. Also, the end fittings you're going to need will be called Japanese metric, which is different from SAE (standard US), or German metric. I know, because I ran into this when I did my wife's 2000 Accord. In my case I bought 7 lengths of SAE 3/16ths line (5ft each), along with 5 couplers, and some adapters (SAE to Japanese metric) to replace the brake lines. I had 110 bucks into it with a 25 ft roll of 5/16ths steel line (a coil), and a foot of 5/16ths FI hose. I figured that if I'm going in there to replace the lines, I'm replacing ALL of them in that plastic tray, as the last thing I wanted to do, was fix the brake lines, only to have to go back in a year later and do the fuel lines. I live in the salt belt, and rusty lines are common. I'll tell you 1 thing, working on the lines in the engine compartment was the worst part of the whole job. Going around the rear sub wasn't bad, nor was getting the plastic track off. I removed a couple of items up torward the master cylinder to get me some arm and hand room to work. My arms were already pretty scratched up by the time I figured out what was going on. I had 3 afternoons in that job,working part time on it. I can say it's been almost 2 years now since I did it, and we've had no issues either. I did have to use some zip ties to help hold the lines to the track, but it all worked out great.
I have a strong feeling I'll be doing this with my 99 Accord, as I've got to pull the rear sub out of it, so I can change the rusty fuel tank.
 
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