pre bent brake lines

[slakjaw]

is there a company that sells pre bent brake lines i bought the brake line kit from that Tweeks catalog. the pic in their catalog shows a bent brake line but what i got was a bunch of straight lines ziptyed to a 2x4.

also is there a good way to mount a 2.2 to a motor stand
or do i need some special 600 dollar tool


thanks
Kyle
71 911

[wckrause]

How about PELICAN PARTS???

Ooops sorry, they carry them for new cars.

[Jim Sims]

Pelican sells the Porsche OEM preshaped brake lines; or you could buy a tube bender and shape the straignt set you've already purchased. The 2.2 may be mounted on a generic engine stand such as those sold by Harbor Freight, Northern Tool, etc. However, one has to remove the flywheel and do work such as replacing the rear main seal before mounting on these stands as the flywheel end of the crankshaft is blocked by the arms of the generic engine stands. Also, one may have to drill additional holes in the arms to get a better fit and it is best to make four stepped washers of brass or alumium to put between the arms and the magnesium of the engine case to avoid damaging the raised lip of the case. I currently have a 2.4 l and 2.7 l mounted (for storage) on these type of generic stands. Cheers, Jim

[slakjaw]

thanks for the help jim

gonna go mount it now

[joefrantz]

I bought a complete set of formed hardlines for my 73 from a Porsche dealer. The longer ones, from the T fittings, had to be ordered from Germany. The rest were in stock. Not cheap though -- about $100 dollars for the set.
Joe

[dmj]

Copper break lines can easily be bent by hand, works fine!

[ChrisBennet]

Have you looked at the lines at your local autoparts store? I just buy mine for less than $4 each and bend them to suit.
-Chris

[jluetjen]

I did the same thing as Chris when I plumbed a duel master cylinder into my car. I just took one of the old lines to the store to ensure that I bought the right size tubing and threaded fittings to mate to the existing plumbing. A brake line bender can be purchased from your local auto parts store for about $10. You can bend the tubes by hand, but you need to be careful not to crimp or break the tubing. The bending tool does beautiful bends in any direction time after time. If you are going to be cutting tubes, then you will need a tool for putting the flairs on the end of the tube. You will want the tool for making double-flairs rather then just the single flair tool that ADAP carries. That tool costs about $60 and is available from the better racing supply stores such as Pegasus (www.pegasusautoracing.com), Essex or Truechoice. I don't know if Pelican has them, but it is worth the look.

[Jim Sims]

Copper tubing has low fatigue strength relative to steel and is therefore not typically used for automotive brakelines. Jim