Recent content by DentalDart

I dont have the final shocks for it yet, I’m still trying to locate some dang 3/4in spring relocation brackets.

Any quote I get is 2-3-5x the cost for anyone else because I’m a dentist. To run wire to the barn I got a 7k quote then another quote from someone who knew I was a dentist and it was magically 20k for that one. Easier and significantly cheaper for me to do as much myself as possible. Keeps...

The SS braided lines or the metal lines?

Been a couple weeks. I’ve been slammed. Remodel at the office started so I had to get half the office cleared out and consolidate the other half. I did take a bunch of cabinets from the office and I’m going to use them as shop cabinets, can’t ever have enough storage. Planned on working on...

Well the pre-bent kit said for disc brakes, but apparently that’s only the fronts. It’s ok, I can do it… I’m just a grumpy old man.

I don’t have time, I wanted pre-bent ones, that’s why I bought the kit! Time is not on my side with 3 kids, a wife, and a million things to do all the time.

Brake lines pissed me off. Pre-bent lines were for rear drum brakes, lame. Got the tools and ruined most of the metal lines, should have gotten a fancy line bender, but I just have the cheap one. The wife’s mixing bowl helps make the bend on the housing pretty well though. I have a good...

I’m not going to a convention but I am going for a dental continuing education course. It’s a 3D printing course, it is so I can do more procedures with my 3D printer. Right now I use my printer for surgical guides, models and basic stuff. Soon I want to be 3D printing dentures, partial dentures...

Ordered the good tools… Ordered some tube, the rear SS line that goes from the hard line to the rear T- adapter… hopefully everything needed to do the rear brake lines. Pain in the butt but it’s ok. Probably won’t get to it for 2 weeks since I’m going to South Carolina next week.

I’m definitely blaming the tubing material, my big muscles put to many dents in it. I’m also not doing stainless, just OE steel.

Kind of what I was thinking… Got this stuff when I was working on the purple car. It works but this copper line looks like ****! It’s super soft.

I’m trying to decide if I want to use the tools I have (cheap flaring tool) or if I want to buy the good one.

With how sucky it is to bend the lines I should go with no rear brakes

Tried bending the line, it didn’t look right so I’ll start a new one from scratch.

I thought about that but I don’t want to kink it. I have copper/nickel line but I want to use a OE steel.