Little summary on what seemed to be easy and straightforward job. The fittings were stuck on both sides on the factory hardlines, wouldn't budge and had to be cut off. I had to flare the ends and use new fittings/flare nuts. Between taking few trips to auto parts store,having to cut the factory lines twice on both sides and learning how to use a flare tool, it took me about 9hrs lol.... oh and also I flushed the whole brake system.
I rented a flare tool from auto parts store.
Bought a little pipe cutter
Also picked up few 3/16 pipeline nuts
The hard brake line on a JK is 3/16" (at least on my 2014). There is also the protective coating on there that has to be removed for the fitting to slide on. In fact it has to be scratched off enough for the fitting to slide on and then flare tool afterwards. Also it is a double flare as Eddie mentioned previously in this thread.
Here's a shot extended brake line installed.
Two 32oz bottles of fluid was enough to flush the brake system. It's easy to tell when the old fluid is out the lines.
Was it worth 9 hours of aggravation and misery?
Absolutely [emoji108], I would do it again.
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