Brake Line Material

Trace 300 Hurst said:
Typically used for gas turbine uptakes (the exhaust system) and hull valves, plus weapons systems applications. Very serious stuff, that Inconel. Corrosion resistant? If you had Inconel pipes and mufflers under your Cbod, they would last about 1900 years. Or 2900 years. Too bad Chrysler didn't make trunk floors and quarter panels out of the stuff!
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Sorry man, dunno about the gas turbines, only heard them from a distance. One common use I'm familiar with was seawater exposure and I'm not aware of any failures there.......... All the rest was classified. LOL :p
 
Dylan Galvin said:
Well uh, I've already got the tools and line on order and they've shipped by now. Maybe if I manage to screw up colossally then I'll go for that inline tube pre-made line. Wasnt aware it was available in that catalog, just looked on the site.
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What did you end up going with? Coated steel, Nicopp, Stainless? Here in the rust belt I have used all the options. In the past we used a lot of coated steel, started using kits on Chevy trucks that are stainless, but now any time that I have to make a single line or two I only use the Nicopp. Love the stuff.
 
65sporty said:
What did you end up going with? Coated steel, Nicopp, Stainless? Here in the rust belt I have used all the options. In the past we used a lot of coated steel, started using kits on Chevy trucks that are stainless, but now any time that I have to make a single line or two I only use the Nicopp. Love the stuff.
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Well here in Arizona, I'm sure they'd all do fine against the weather. But I decided to cancel the steel and get the Nicopp because of how durable to pressures it seems to be.
 
Big_John said:
Cough... Thresher.... cough...

USS Thresher (SSN-593) - Wikipedia
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Not metallurgy involved here. Either brazing/welds or more likely the electrical bus failure. Have a patient whose first job in the early 60s was a welder at Mare Island building subs. He relates there was a major change in 1964. Left in 1970 to work in a local refinery.
 
rags said:
installed one of these dorman kits on a chevy dually. first experience with one and it didn't fit well. found that the tubing rebent and flared easily. yeah cu/ni is the way to go.
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I have used a lot of the Dorman kits, most fit pretty good. They are better than having to make each line by scratch.
 
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