Ryan03
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- Joined
- Feb 26, 2006
- Messages
- 656
- Location
- Chardon Ohio
- Tractor
- Farmtrac DTC270, Kubota G5200hydro, Honda recon 250, Suzuki King Quad 450 4x4, 2003 2500 DMax/Allison 4x4
I just finished doing the rear line on my 2500HD monday. I had removed the bed to needle scale, encapsulate, prime and paint the frame. The line looked bad so I replaced it before I put the bed back on. The rear line is a pain with the bed on, as you have to remove the fuel tank to gain access to the clips. Way easier to Zip out the 8 bed bolts with an impact and 18mm socket and lift off the bed than drop the tank IMO.
Be aware that your truck uses bubble flares that require a different flaring tool than the old style double flares. Napa sells a decent bubble flare set for around 40 bucks. Your truck also has metric brake line tubing on it. 1/4 inch SAE tubing is what I use in place of the metric factory line, it is close enough in size that the factory line nuts will work fine. The only slight issue with it is most bubble flare jigs are sized for metric line only, and will leave a slight nurl on the outside of the 1/4 line when using the 6mm hole in the jig, this can make it a little tuff to slide your line nut up to the flare the first time. I just clean up the marks with emry cloth and tap the nut up with a plastic hammer.
I would recomend the 25 ft rolls of the nickel copper EZ bend brake line. It is all that I will use anymore due to the fact that it flares realy nice, you do not need a bender, and you can unbend your mistakes without kinking it. The only downfall is it is expensive. I paid $57.00 per 25 ft roll at the local federated auto parts.
Be aware that your truck uses bubble flares that require a different flaring tool than the old style double flares. Napa sells a decent bubble flare set for around 40 bucks. Your truck also has metric brake line tubing on it. 1/4 inch SAE tubing is what I use in place of the metric factory line, it is close enough in size that the factory line nuts will work fine. The only slight issue with it is most bubble flare jigs are sized for metric line only, and will leave a slight nurl on the outside of the 1/4 line when using the 6mm hole in the jig, this can make it a little tuff to slide your line nut up to the flare the first time. I just clean up the marks with emry cloth and tap the nut up with a plastic hammer.
I would recomend the 25 ft rolls of the nickel copper EZ bend brake line. It is all that I will use anymore due to the fact that it flares realy nice, you do not need a bender, and you can unbend your mistakes without kinking it. The only downfall is it is expensive. I paid $57.00 per 25 ft roll at the local federated auto parts.
