Brake line fitting question.

VeruGE*144 said:

Should this fitting at the end of the hard brake line be spinning freely on the line? From some videos and write ups I've seen it should. Mine is stuck and I don't want to put to much pressure on it so I won't kink/break the hardline.

Any ideas?

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cozdude said:

Yes it is suppose to spin freely.

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VeruGE*144 said:

I used a pick to scratch some of the rust off, would it be ok to spray a little pb blaster on there, making sure am not spraying it inside a line of course.

It looks like you edited your post before I asked about the pb blaster. Thanks I'll try it

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VeruGE*144 said:

I tried both pb blaster and flare nut wrench. The fitting won't budge, it's twists the line. Ugh.... that's so annoying. I really don't want to break the hard line. Anybody has any other ideas? I would greatly appreciate any advice on this.

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wayoflife said:

Again, the slight bend in the hard line is more than likely what's keeping the nut from spinning. If you do most of the holding with a wrench on the larger soft line end, you should be able to free up the nut. Really, the worst that can happen is that you do damage/break the hard line and that can be easily fixed with a flare tool.

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JKbrick said:

Isn't it a double flare or something? I'm drawing a blank on the correct term


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VeruGE*144 said:

I tried both pb blaster and flare nut wrench. The fitting won't budge, it's twists the line. Ugh.... that's so annoying. I really don't want to break the hard line. Anybody has any other ideas? I would greatly appreciate any advice on this.


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wayoflife said:

Again, the slight bend in the hard line is more than likely what's keeping the nut from spinning. If you do most of the holding with a wrench on the larger soft line end, you should be able to free up the nut. Really, the worst that can happen is that you do damage/break the hard line and that can be easily fixed with a flare tool.

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JKbrick said:

Any luck?


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VeruGE*144 said:

Wasn't planing on learning how to use the flare tool today but I am glad I did..... know I know more than I did before I started. Couple trips to auto store, one broken fitting, cut the factory line twice and one side is done lol. I managed to manipulate the factory brake line to get me enough to make a connection. I also learned the hard way something that I already knew, brass is really soft metal and you can't just grab it with a pair of pliers when it gets stuck on the line....

Thank You Eddie [emoji482]

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WJCO said:

Wow. Good for you for doing that yourself. Glad you got it working.

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VeruGE*144 said:

Am glad I did it myself, at least I have a piece of mind now. I know why, and most importantly HOW it was done. I also ended up flushing my whole system. Finished about an hr ago, other side gave a little different set of problems. I will post a summary of this job later on today or tomorrow morning, hopefully somebody can relate to this in the future. Now am just enjoying couple victory beers [emoji854]


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Andy5160 said:

Well done man!!!!!


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VeruGE*144 said:

Thanks,
And I though I can knock this out before lunch and also get the rockstars in today lol.....


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Andy5160 said:

lol I hear rock stars are not as easy as it looks and might take up to 5 hours to install


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