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| | | | Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 193 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 193 | Does anyone have any experience, good or bad, with replacing steel brake lines on a 41-46 1/2T? I was looking at ordering pre-bent lines and am now having reservations with being able to snake the lines on an assembled truck. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,214 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,214 | I replaced all the hard and soft brake lines on a 49 3100 with the assembled truck on jack stands. Ordered the steel hard lines from one of the popular on-line distributors that advertise here and they fit perfectly. I reused the original junction blocks. A few leaked at 1st but a loosen and retighten corrected that. I got the soft lines, brake shoes and front wheel cyl cups at a fraction of the cost from a local FLAPS (O'Reilleys).
I had to order the new rear wheel cyl's & MS from on-line sources. Shop around as they vary in price and availability.....
Redoing the entire brake system on an assembled truck on ones back is not the ideal way to do it but it is doable. Those old HUCK brakes work pretty well when everything functions as designed.
Jack it up and put it on jack stands at all 4 corners, as high as can be safely done and wear eye protection. The hardest part for me was the front crossover line as I wanted to make sure it was fastened properly in the crossmember.
Take your time and good luck
Dave | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 | Lines are MUCH easier to run if you use Cunifer (copper/nickel/iron) lines. It is all that is used in Europe anymore, never corrodes, and is super easy to flare and bend. Price has finally come down to about $35 (ebay) for 25' roll.
Evan
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 193 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 193 | Thanks for your time and info. I remember putting my first exhaust system on my cousin's '55 Chevy, swore then that I would not do that again without a hoist. I was 16 then and here I go again at 66 and a bad back...lol. Too much time and not enough money to pay someone else, I will take it slow.
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