sheared brake pipe

mrsnoops · Mar 5, 2010

Finished work today & thought i would weld in one of my replacement floor supports as you do, brilliant positioned & welded no probs. Not so brilliant when offering up the brake pipe bracket up ready for welding you suddenly feel a wet feeling on your hand, bugger it i had sheared the brake pipe which goes from the bracket towards the front of the vehicle (by this time it was dark & frankly i was a trifle upset) Does anyone know what pipe this is & approx how much

hughesy · Mar 5, 2010

Easiest way to replace metal brake pipes is to get some copper pipe and a flaring tool and make it yourself. It's not expensive or difficult and once you've done it you'll realise what a rip off it is having such a job done by a garage.

discoboy84 · Mar 5, 2010

i'm with above

first thing they taught us at college

Beneagles · Mar 5, 2010

Got one of these for xmas - not had the weather for trying it yet tho'...
Automotive Flaring Kit - Screwfix.com, Where the Trade Buys

mrsnoops · Mar 5, 2010

cheers for the quick replies, have seen a couple of brake pipe flaring & pipe bending kits on flea bay that seem reasonable, do you know whether metric or imperial fittings are used on discos

sypher · Mar 5, 2010

As above p""s easy to do as long as you have the kit - Ive got one of these Sykes Pickavant Automatic Brake Flaring Tool Master Kit on eBay (end time 13-Mar-10 15:19:04 GMT) bloody fantastic bit of kit but not cheap

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mrsnoops · Mar 5, 2010

i think for the amount i will use it i'll be going for a cheaper kit, do you need to use springs when bending the pipe?

Mudynaty · Mar 5, 2010

Imperial

mrsnoops · Mar 5, 2010

cheers Mudynaty

landowner · Mar 5, 2010

mrsnoops said:
i think for the amount i will use it i'll be going for a cheaper kit, do you need to use springs when bending the pipe?

Buy one of those little pipe cutting tools and a pipe bender from JTF or http://www.frost.co.uk/productList.asp this page also pages 1 and 3 for everything you need.

sends you to the wrong page but just click 'Brakes' it'll get you there.

mrsnoops · Mar 5, 2010

cheers for that link Landowner

sypher · Mar 5, 2010

mrsnoops said:
i think for the amount i will use it i'll be going for a cheaper kit, do you need to use springs when bending the pipe?

Bend the pipe gently by hand/fingers , avoid crimping the pipe by trying to bend a 90 degree in one hit and you'll be fine

Mudynaty said:
Imperial

dont forget the ends if yours are knackard

landowner · Mar 5, 2010

sypher said:
Bend the pipe gently by hand/fingers , avoid crimping the pipe by trying to bend a 90 degree in one hit and you'll be fine

dont forget the ends if yours are knackard

As above, try and bend round something circular if you have no pipe bender, and use your old fittings for the ends.
I picked my pipe benders up in JTF, same as Frost etc but a lot cheaper, use copper pipe , steel is difficult to bend and flare and also rusts.

mrsnoops · Mar 5, 2010

Cheers for the advice sypher & landowner ref bending brake pipes

GRATCH · Mar 5, 2010

mrsnoops said:
cheers for the quick replies, have seen a couple of brake pipe flaring & pipe bending kits on flea bay that seem reasonable, do you know whether metric or imperial fittings are used on discos

Mudynaty said:
Imperial

I think they're metric (M10x1.0 thread)

hughesy · Mar 5, 2010

GRATCH said:
I think they're metric (M10x1.0 thread)

I think you're right the fittings are 10mm but the copper pipe used is 3/16th".

mrsnoops · Mar 5, 2010

When i get the parts i'll check the fittings before flaring the pipes,

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