5/16" brake/fuel line tube

CrustyJeep · Mar 28, 2007

Does anybody know where to get 5/16" brake/fuel line tube by the foot? I need about 7 or 8 feet, and all I can find is the 5 foot chunks, or a 25 foot roll. Or does anybody have some they could sell?

Thx

boxboy · Mar 29, 2007

I thought Napa had some that were 8/9 feet long?

CrustyJeep · Mar 29, 2007

boxboy said:
I thought Napa had some that were 8/9 feet long?

Not the one in Monroe anyhow...

darius · Mar 29, 2007

5' or 6' is the longest we get when plumbing new brake system's, I think that's the longest napa stock's.

Hip · Mar 29, 2007

possibly everett brake supply, they have large trailer and truck supplies specializing in brakes....425 7452087 259-0084

CrustyJeep · Mar 29, 2007

Hip said:
possibly everett brake supply, they have large trailer and truck supplies specializing in brakes....425 7452087 259-0084

In bankruptcy and apparently not doing business, a machine answers and explains the situation, and hangs up.

:booo:

crash2 · Mar 29, 2007

darius said:
5' or 6' is the longest we get when plumbing new brake system's, I think that's the longest napa stock's.

Thats all I have ever found too except in rolls and that stuff looks like crap IMO.

Zoediak · Mar 29, 2007

I know it is a drive..... but Williams Oil Filter Service in Tacoma, will have any hose supply that you would ever need....

They will custom make any type of hose for you. If they don't have something (which is super rare) they can point you in the right place to find it.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=williams+oil+filter+service,+tacoma+Washington

that will google up them... and they are at the top with a map and directions.

I know it is a drive , but again.... they rock.

CrustyJeep · Mar 29, 2007

crash said:
Thats all I have ever found too except in rolls and that stuff looks like crap IMO.

Oh drat, I just ordered a roll... Oh well, it'll be on the frame out of sight

CrustyJeep · Mar 29, 2007

Zoediak said:
I know it is a drive..... but Williams Oil Filter Service in Tacoma, will have any hose supply that you would ever need....

Sounds like the sort of place I would like to hang out at, kinda like American Hose/Fitting down here in Kent. Tacoma is a bit far though :booo:

crash2 · Mar 29, 2007

CrustyJeep said:
Oh drat, I just ordered a roll... Oh well, it'll be on the frame out of sight

The stuff does it job but I am just a perfectionist and having waves in the line looks like poop

CrustyJeep · Mar 29, 2007

crash said:
The stuff does it job but I am just a perfectionist and having waves in the line looks like poop

This is exactly why I tried hard to find straight pieces. Oh well. I've been able to get my brake lines fairly straight by clamping them lightly in the vice, we'll see how the 5/16" goes.

cisco · Mar 29, 2007

This might sound goofy but you could unroll it and clamp one end in the vise and the other to you winch and pull it straight, then cut off the ends.

crash2 · Mar 29, 2007

cisco said:
This might sound goofy but you could unroll it and clamp one end in the vise and the other to you winch and pull it straight, then cut off the ends.

That stuff would bounce back..

Toyotanut · Mar 29, 2007

crash said:
That stuff would bounce back..

shouldn't have said anything, then we all could have watched crusty try and straighten his line with the winch:haha:

cisco · Mar 29, 2007

That stuff would bounce back

What if when it is stretched out you press down on it enought to bend it backward and straighten it?

CrustyJeep · Mar 29, 2007

crash said:
That stuff would bounce back..

If you pull hard enough to get a slight stretch, it should stay pretty straight I think, as it is a very malleable alloy. I got 25', and I only need 7'. Maybe I'll give it a try