More brake work

The front brakes are in! They are not only in, but they are completely finished! I still need to complete the rear brake lines, and mount the e-brake cables, but it is getting very close to the point where I can say that the brakes have been completely replaced.

I also have been getting the wiring harness ready to put it back in the car. There is still a lot of cleaning up to do before I can say that is ready, but another task that is getting close to being done.

Brake work is really not that bad.

Saturday night I got some more work done on the front brakes.  At this point, I have all of the lines finished, with the exception of the long line running from the front of the car to the rear.  I have to fabricate some small angles that will hold the AN to flare fittings in place and then the from brake lines will be complete.

I still have to rebuild the front calipers, and I have ordered the kit to do this with.  Hopefully, I have the kitchen early the week, and it is not a complete pain to do.

Brake work is not fun.

Yesterday was Steph's baby shower, so I spent about 6 hours out at the garage. Six hours should have been plenty of time to get a few things done. Not the case.

I thought that I would have some trouble, I would have been silly to think otherwise. Unfortunately, I had way more trouble than I would have ever thought.

To begin, working with the coil of tubing was very awkward, since it always wants to be in the way. Working with the tubing bender was not difficult at all. If fact, it was probably much easier than I would have expected.

Forming the flared ends was another story. First, I needed to borrow a tool from Autozone. The tool was not the best quality. It continuously wants to make crooked flares. Add to that, no one knew the correct method of using the tool, making it even worse. That's right, the experts that I relied on instructed me to use the tool in the reverse order. I spent close to 3 hours trying to form flares using the tool incorrectly, only to find out this morning how to use it correctly.

I was incorrectly instructed to use the straight flare tool first, and not use the die. So there was much frustration and ruined line. I will probably end up needing more line in the end.

I do have to give Jeg's kudos on these lines. The paint is excellent quality. It stands up to the beatings that I threw at it yesterday. Only when subjected to the tubing vise did it come off. And that is not a bad thing! It even took some scraping and digging to remove the paint after it was scraped off from the vise. This gives me great hope that this line will stand up to the beating of living under my car.