Replacing Brake Hoses, any tips?

[ddragon]

Any luck bending those lines? If so what do you recommend using...gonna be doing this really soon!!!

[Fiat88]

Any luck bending those lines? If so what do you recommend using...gonna be doing this really soon!!!

Yup, today I finished replacing the trashed line, I bought some type of brake line bender at my local advanced auto. It works ok I guess but I only did one line. I bent some of the line by hand without kinking it also because the tool couldn't fit in some of the tight spaces. It's kind of a pain in the a**, so I don't think I'm gonna replace all the lines just the ones I have too.

[manoa matt]

"I don't think I'm gonna replace all the lines just the ones I have too." Remember they rot from the inside out. If one was bad...then.

There is an old saying "If you don't have the time and patience to do it right the first time, then when will you?"

[htchevyii]

I've had good luck using he tubing wrench and clamping it, (the wrench) togeather with vise grips. Keeps the wrench from spreading. Also, if you only have one bad end on a line, (especially a long one) you can cut it and then reflare it to a standard inverted flare. I bought a adapter at my local Carquest that went from inverted frlare to the metric bubble flare.

[Fiat88]

"I don't think I'm gonna replace all the lines just the ones I have too." Remember they rot from the inside out. If one was bad...then.

There is an old saying "If you don't have the time and patience to do it right the first time, then when will you?"

By "trashed" I meant that the flare nut wouldn't come off the old brake hose. The line itself looked good but if they rot from the inside out, now maybe I will change all them out.