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Brake Fittings

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Going through the brakes at the moment and in reality I want to replace the entire system.

The Brake fittings are all well past there used by date.

Issue is I cannot seem to find the answer to which parts are required.

I believe that the pipework on these cars is 3/16".....No issue getting the hardpipe?

Most of the fittings i believe are 3/8-24 Inverted Flare.......Has anybody got any contacts in the UK for these?

Ive also seen:
9/16-18
1/2-20
7/16-24

Not sure if the above are all Inverted flare???

HELP?
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Post by TW71 »

You could try Automec, they seem to have most and can do the lines

https://www.automec.co.uk/
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Cheers.....wI'll give them a call! :thumbright:
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Automec are great, there's three different sizes of brake unions on my charger, I gave them a call, got an email address and sent a pic of the ones I needed.
They called me back and offered to send me one union to try.
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Automec, automec, automec... complete kit. lines, fittings the lot. Boom. Top company.
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Post by Dave999 »

yeah get the short ones as mick says the thread goes right to the end of the union

the ones with the in threaded snout are a danger used on a Mopar

as far as I know they are all the same apart from the ones at the master cylinder.

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Thanks guys......Much Appreciated!!! :thumbright:
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Post by MattH »

Definitely get the fittings that are threaded all the way down. the normal UK type ones have a shoulder before the thread starts and that means they will only have about one turn of thread engaged which then strips when you try to tighten it up.

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