I would love to see an in-depth video of how you guys work through getting those insanely clean lines/bends accomplished for a vehicle. I've done the brake lines on my '67 F100 twice, now, using both standard steel and ni-co line and both times it looks like garbage haha.
Yep, bending flaring and bending the angles is a bitch! The double flare is the worst, still trying to get that one right. I may go with the rubber hose break line route. 78' ford courier project.
You shouldn't use aluminum on automotive brake lines. There is a difference between feul lines on aircrafts and brake lines on vehicle's. Its the pressures from power brake boosters and hydrolic pressures. The same reason you dont use single flare on brake lines is why you don't use aluminum lines, it doesn’t hold up to the pressure over time! The biggest difference between aircraft aluminium profiles and ordinary aluminum profiles is their mechanical properties. 7 series aluminum alloy is the highest hardness value of all aluminum alloys, so it is suitable for aerospace applications. The 6 series aluminum alloy has a medium hardness. The second difference is that the cost is different. The higher the hardness of aluminum profiles, the harder it is to shape, so the cost of aircraft aluminium profiles is very high. And our common 6 series aluminum alloy (the most commonly used 6063, 6061, etc.) has a medium hardness, easy extrusion molding, and low production cost. The third difference is that aircraft aluminium profiles cannot be welded and can only be connected by other methods. For ordinary buildings, industrial aluminum profiles can be welded, so the application area is wider. The 7 Series Aluminum alloy used in aerospace and aircraft aluminium withstands much higher pressures from hydrolic forces. I guess if you are still wanting to use series 6 aluminum like 6063 & 6061 aluminum tubing for brake lines, then i highly suggest you perform pressure tests frequently on your personal builds for a year. I personally wouldn't use aluminum lines or single flared fittings because it's a saftey concern for customers that you don't have control over after they leave. Best brake lines are Cunifer 88.7% cop-per (Cu), 10% nickel (NI) and 1.3% iron (Fe ),although I have seen specifications listing 0.8/0 manganese (Mn) alloy and Nickle Copper which is 10% nickle and the rest copper with possible low percentage mixes.
I would love to see an in-depth video of how you guys work through getting those insanely clean lines/bends accomplished for a vehicle. I've done the brake lines on my '67 F100 twice, now, using both standard steel and ni-co line and both times it looks like garbage haha.
Yep, bending flaring and bending the angles is a bitch! The double flare is the worst, still trying to get that one right. I may go with the rubber hose break line route. 78' ford courier project.
When you guys do your brake lines and -an fittings, are you using -3 and 3/16 line or do you use -4 and 1/4 line? Thanks Shaun from Wisconsin.
You shouldn't use aluminum on automotive brake lines.
There is a difference between feul lines on aircrafts and brake lines on vehicle's. Its the pressures from power brake boosters and hydrolic pressures. The same reason you dont use single flare on brake lines is why you don't use aluminum lines, it doesn’t hold up to the pressure over time!
The biggest difference between aircraft aluminium profiles
and ordinary aluminum profiles is their mechanical properties. 7 series aluminum alloy is the highest hardness value of all aluminum alloys, so it is suitable for aerospace applications. The 6 series aluminum alloy has a medium hardness.
The second difference is that the cost is different. The higher the hardness of aluminum profiles, the harder it is to shape, so the cost of aircraft aluminium profiles is very high. And our common 6 series aluminum alloy (the most commonly used 6063, 6061, etc.) has a medium hardness, easy extrusion molding, and low production cost.
The third difference is that aircraft aluminium profiles cannot be welded and can only be connected by other methods. For ordinary buildings, industrial aluminum profiles can be welded, so the application area is wider.
The 7 Series Aluminum alloy used in aerospace and aircraft aluminium withstands much higher pressures from hydrolic forces.
I guess if you are still wanting to use series 6 aluminum like 6063 & 6061 aluminum tubing for brake lines, then i highly suggest you perform pressure tests frequently on your personal builds for a year. I personally wouldn't use aluminum lines or single flared fittings because it's a saftey concern for customers that you don't have control over after they leave.
Best brake lines are Cunifer 88.7% cop-per (Cu), 10% nickel (NI) and 1.3% iron (Fe ),although I have seen specifications listing 0.8/0 manganese (Mn) alloy and
Nickle Copper which is 10% nickle and the rest copper with possible low percentage mixes.
We only uses stainless on brake lines sir
Single flare on a brake line? Absolutely not.