The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline Custom brake lines... PA/NJ/NY/OH?

I have some rotted out brake lines and I would rather have them CNC bent then try and do it myself.

Anyone have a lead on a shop in the NE (touching PA) that can duplicate a line I send them?

No, vendors don't have the lines I need (G506)

With the now easy to get copper nickel brake line you can more easily do it your self, no reason not to.

I really look forward to making from scratch and duplicating lines lately. It's easy, fun, and very satisfying yet still challenging enough to stay interested trying to do an even better job on the next one.

Grigg

Bending lines requires tools that I don't have, and don't want to buy. A good set of flare tools is north of $100. Benders and pliers, as well as 'armor' also adds to the cost. Normally I'm all over the 'do it yourself' thing... but this could be a small side business as there is no good, ready source of commercial grade G506/G508 brake lines... so having a CNC pattern on file means that I can sell them, make a small profit and maybe branch out into fuel lines (again, not readily available) for these trucks.

I know of ONE place.. in MI. Looking for something closer to home.

Wouldn't CNC bending the lines outweigh the cost of the tools to do it yourself? You don't need $100 worth of tools to do brake lines properly, and they're easy to do and then you'll have the tools for life.

As to your actual question, sorry, I don't know of a vendor that does this in your area.

i have my own tools for line bending and flaring. if youd like id come see you and help make them if that would help. i need to get up that way soon anyway. your call

Thanks for the offer, but again, the long term goal is to have a product to sell to other G506/G508 truck owners. I would never accept a hand bent brake line from a vendor unless it was balls on perfect fit. And for a one off, that my be doable. But I need at least two myself, I could probably sell 5 right off the bat (e-bay).

Now say 10 other owners want that line.... now what? That's 17 lines that all have to be dead on correct.

There are ZERO complete fuel line kits for G506/G508 trucks. There is one source for G506 brake kits (and its intermittently available, and so far my experience with it sucks) and no one is selling fuel line kits.

Like the decals I had made... it may be a small market but there is a chance to provide other owners with a much needed part. And if I do it it will be with my name on it, and it will be the best I can produce. I don't think hand bent lines meet that goal.

ok, just trying to help a fellow stove bolter out.

I really do appreciate the offer.

I found a shop and should be able to get OEM style lines made for the old warhorses. That's my goal... not only get myself a set, but make them available for other G506/G508 owners so they can get their trucks on the road.

Mike

Come down to Winchester in a couple weeks and we can bend beer cans....



I want to see that '40 now that you're a seasoned roadmaster.....

ill be at kevins straightening out hooks on lake ontario and working on his 56 gmc. maybe next year after im retired

Drove to Classic Tube in upstate NY. They were the original supplier that the vendor got the tubes from. They re-bent me a new set off the originals I had. Since I had their set to show them the difference it was quite obvious that something was not right.

They are also duplicating a set of fuel lines for my G506. 4 lines, stone guards and fittings for $130. Not a bad deal.

If anyone else has a G506 and wants fuel lines call Classic Tube and speak to Tim. I'm not sure if they are going to add the pattern to their inventory.

I got my stainless brake line set from inline tube.

The rear brake lines where reproduced from a crappy example I bent up by hand (I needed a custom set because of my 1982 3/4 brake conversion on the rear axle). It looked like a child did it when I did it. InlineTube smoothed out the unintentional bends my lines had.

The ones I got back were very nice. The flaring on some of them wasn't that great, but stainless is also difficult to flare. I'm still alive and the lines don't leak, so all is well.

www.inlinetube.com.

They can reproduce any brake line you send them 1000 times and they will all be the same CNC bent.

They did a pretty good job. They were kind of tough to deal with though. In the end it worked out. BEWARE - open your box and make sure everything is there. If you are missing anything, they will charge you for it after a period of time.

It does say that all on the OUTSIDE of the box, so it's my fault even though I didn't know what was missing.

If I needed a set again, I wouldn't be opposed to dealing with them.