Miscellaneous

What are the types of brake line fittings?

by Bobbi Devlin

What are the types of brake line fittings?

Fitting Your Project Together: A Guide to Brake Line Fittings

  • Your vehicle is like a big puzzle.
  • There are 5 main fittings out there used for automotive projects: tube nuts, unions, bleeder screws, compression fittings, and adapters.

Do brake line fittings need sealant?

A brake system needs no lubricants or sealers if assembled correctly. If you find a need for any of those products, you have a bad flare, bad fittings, or the fitting is still too loose. If you do want to lube the fittings, use only clean brake fluid.

Are brake line unions legal?

Contrary to popular belief it is NOT illegal to make a new section of brake line and splice it into a non-rusted section of your old brake, as long as you use automotive grade SAE double/inverted flare, SAE “bubble” flare and DIN Single Mushroom flare unions and fittings.

Are brake fittings NPT?

National Pipe Thread is a tapered machine thread for threaded pipes and fittings . NPT threads can be referred to as “Male pipe thread” or “Female pipe thread”. We use these in the Street Rod and Racing industries for fluid fittings such as oil lines, brake lines, and coolant lines.

What is the thread size for 3/16 brake line fitting?

Get a standard American 3/8′ fine thread bolt or a standard American 3/16″ brake line; this will have a 3/8″ x 24 unf thread nuts on it.

What is the best material for brake line?

Copper-nickel is shown as the most reliable material by far. Users of copper-nickel brake tubing in addition to Volvo include world-class vehicle manufacturers like Rolls Royce , Lotus, Aston Martin , Porsche and, most recently, Audi. Copper-nickel is also used in military, fire fighting and other heavy vehicles.

What is different between a brake line and hose?

Difference between Brake Line and Hose Brake Line. Slowing down your car to halts occurs in a series of steps.

  • Brake Hose. Brake hoses are important components of the braking system.
  • Signs and Symptoms of Faulty Brake Lines. Brake lines are usually built to last the entire life span of your car.
  • Knowing When to Replace Brake Lines&Hoses.

    • Do I use Teflon tape on brake line fittings?

    If it’s a pipe fitting that’s screwed into the prop valve, you can use teflon tape. Just make very sure you don’t get any tape on the first thread of the fitting. I find it odd though that brake lines have pipe fittings. They should be inverted double flare.

    What is the thread size for a brake line?

    The nuts on 1/4″ double flared brake lines have a 7/16-24 thread which is somewhat of a bastard thread size. (Taps are available from McMaster.com.) Normally, a 7/16 fine thread is 7/16-20. The threads for 1/4″ brake lines where a rubber hose screws into a wheel cylinder with a copper gasket ARE the 7/16-20 standard fine thread.