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Why the hell do I have such a hard time threading these brass brake lines into the hole..?? PITA... What the hell is wrong with me that I can't do such a simple connection... :BangHead::BangHead::rofl:
 
AJ/FormS said:
lemmee guess; are you over 70 years old? lol.

I assume you know that brake line are Tube-thread, and most other fitting are Pipe-thread, lol.
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Well, this I do know... I'm 56 but DEFINITELY feel like I'm 70 sometimes...
 
nodemon said:
What the hell is wrong with me that I can't do such a simple connection..
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I feel your pain, I'm 71, and my brain, (never mind my body), is not quite as sharp as it once was.
Ever since I went down with Covid in late fall of 22; my body is different. My Muscles often lack strength or endurance; to do the things I used to do, as a matter of course.
Lately, I have been giving my 40yo son the heavy end of whatever I need to move or carry. Occasionally my fingers are more clumsy than I remember; they just feel thick.
My brain seems to have survived Ok......... altho, sometimes I wonder.
But otherwise in good health.

But yeah, brakeline fittings have to be lined up dead straight.
 
Brass brake lines? Wat are you working on? They better be steel.
 
CFD244 said:
I suspect that he's just talking about the general colour of the fitting.
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We hope that's what it is. No photo so it's a guess for us. You never know, I have seen brake lines made out of copper with a single flare. That's a big no no unless you have a death wish.
 
nodemon said:
Why the hell do I have such a hard time threading these brass brake lines into the hole..?? PITA... What the hell is wrong with me that I can't do such a simple connection... :BangHead::BangHead::rofl:
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Which hole are you having trouble with and what brand are your parts? I've had trouble with cheap import distribution blocks not mating well with the brake line fittings. Just food for thought.
 
Righty Tighty said:
Which hole are you having trouble with and what brand are your parts? I've had trouble with cheap import distribution blocks not mating well with the brake line fittings. Just food for thought.
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Inline Tube.. Just about every hole.. Issue is likely my eyesight, lighting, patience and ineptitude...lol
 
Sometimes if you walk away and come back it will screw right in. If the lines are loose so they can move around a bit that really helps. A rigid line has to be aligned perfectly to screw in.
 
AJ/FormS said:
I feel your pain, I'm 71, and my brain, (never mind my body), is not quite as sharp as it once was.
Ever since I went down with Covid in late fall of 22; my body is different. My Muscles often lack strength or endurance; to do the things I used to do, as a matter of course.
Lately, I have been giving my 40yo son the heavy end of whatever I need to move or carry. Occasionally my fingers are more clumsy than I remember; they just feel thick.
My brain seems to have survived Ok......... altho, sometimes I wonder.
But otherwise in good health.

But yeah, brakeline fittings have to be lined up dead straight.
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I get it.. I deal with and feel the effects of head and neck cancer, (and the treatments) everyday...with everything I do.
I went from a stout 195 lbs. down to 147 lbs. Right now I hover around 160 lbs.. My strength, endurance and time have suffered. I can't work under a vehicle without getting the worst charlie horse in my neck every few minutes.. that slows me down for sure.
I'll stop complaining..lol Most of us are going to have some sort of physical issue.. We're not teenagers anymore, that's for sure..! I am happy I've been able to do what I have with this project... It's my first and last one..! Just hoping I can drive it someday.
 
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toolmanmike said:
Sometimes if you walk away and come back it will screw right in. If the lines are loose so they can move around a bit that really helps. A rigid line has to be aligned perfectly to screw in.
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Good advice..! Funny how that works sometimes... fight with something for a long time, walk away and come back to it and it goes smoothly like there was never a problem.
 
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Yeah, it's your age...lol
I have the same problems now and then but mostly related to mobility issues...
 
for cramps, I sometimes take Magnesium, Potassium, Zinc, and various vitamins like D and K. I'm 5-9 and 200, a lil thick around the middle, nothing another pump or two on the jack-handle cannot handle.
Bananas are good, as are certain nuts, but, I bet that you probably already went to a nutritionist. I'm a Believer in the Risen Son, so I tap into the supernatural.
 
You are definitely not the only one, I am 74, 75 the end of this coming January, if I make it! My memory short term just sucks. Seems like everything I do lately I have to redo, but we all have to hang in there as long as we can! We all get older until that something else happens!
 
toolmanmike said:
A rigid line has to be aligned perfectly to screw in.
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^this. I used to work for a fuel/brake line manufacturer for several OEMs. We had hourly QA checks where we had to lay the lines in the gages to check the thread-in and bend angles. They had to thread in easily by hand. If not, we had to make an adjustment to the tube benders. The bend on the line has to be perfectly perpendicular to the fitting or it won't thread in by hand. If it doesn't thread in by hand, the assembly workers at the OEs would reject the pieces.
 
dadsbee said:
Not always from Chrysler.. LOL
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Not always on several counts. Many fuel fittings on pressurized gas, and sometimes just proprieatry "stuff." At least the older Makita drills had a LH thread screw down inside the chuck to lock it to the shaft. We used to use those shortie double ended 1/8 bits for sheet metal. Some of the guys were not careful, and would get the thing in too deep and not tight enough. If the bit spun in the chuck, it could loosen the screw, "like an easy out" or at least "screw" it all up!!!
 
I REALLY hate modern tube fittings, as some of them are metric, and some of them have gone to "bubble flare." The lack of compatibility is stupid. Twice I've gone to the so called parts store, got from the so called parts person, a piece of tube, pre flared with fittings, and it was metric instead of Imperial or the other way around.

Then, there's the other way around. Decades, now, when I worked for the little bitty HVAC outfit in Spokane, the boss had started a tree farm. He had bought a big Ford with a transplanter unit on the back, and decided he wanted ME to shorten the truck frame. I went down to Skaggs in Spokane, to get **** to plug the brake tubes while working on it. I listed some 3/16 and 1/4" inverted flare plugs and couplings, to do so. This kid rolled out with COMPRESSION fittings. Then tried to make it "my" fault. "You have to TELL me what you want." "Well I DID!!!" I grabbed the manager, and told him, "I want you to give that kid a catalog, and tell him to learn the difference between compression and inverted flare!!"

Frankly, I see no reason for inverted flare. In my opinion, SAE flare are much better, or even JIC/ AN
 
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