Beading fuel hardline?
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Beading fuel hardline?
I need to shorten/cut one of the current fuel lines, in order to accommodate for the new Corvette fuel filter. However, that means the fresh cut lines will no longer have beads on the ends of the lines where they are cut.
Pipe beaders are expensive. Is there any sort of alternative to this, or another way of securing a fuel line hose to the hard line safely?
-Don
Pipe beaders are expensive. Is there any sort of alternative to this, or another way of securing a fuel line hose to the hard line safely?
-Don
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If you were in my area, I have a tool that makes those beads. Or you can get a new piece from the parts house and flare/union it to your existing line. Or do what was mentioned above and cut a piece out of the middle and flare/union it together.
IMO, compression fittings are temp at best.
IMO, compression fittings are temp at best.
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If you were in my area, I have a tool that makes those beads. Or you can get a new piece from the parts house and flare/union it to your existing line. Or do what was mentioned above and cut a piece out of the middle and flare/union it together.
IMO, compression fittings are temp at best.
IMO, compression fittings are temp at best.
Personaly I wouldn't use compression fitting except as a last resort, but I recently bought a used corvette and all the brake lines had compression fittings on them and none of them leaked and they were on it for around 10 years
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Compression fittings work as well or better than flare fittings. Once you torque them down the ring part gets embedded in the hardlne as if they are one piece. Try taking one apart sometime and see what I mean. The only way to get the flare part off is to cut the line. I have never had one leak.
You can use a standard brake flaring tool to put a bubble flair on the fuel line. That should do what you want.
You can use a standard brake flaring tool to put a bubble flair on the fuel line. That should do what you want.