Brake pipe - flexible? NRC7801

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I contacted them as they make braided flexible brake lines. They’ve just emailed me to tell me they only make flexible Lines! I’ll see what they say. For a beginner it’s a particularly complex routing to try first time out.
 
Hi

I contacted them as they make braided flexible brake lines. They’ve just emailed me to tell me they only make flexible Lines! I’ll see what they say. For a beginner it’s a particularly complex routing to try first time out.
Copper lines and the copper alloy variants are a piece of p!ss to bend and shape and you will need to do some bending to get them into place. The original steel pipes would have been fitted at the factory before the engine bay got filled with other gubbins. You will not find a pre-formed pipe that doesn’t need bending into place. Don’t worry too much about trying to find a braided flexible line, it’s not necessary and may not last like a solid metal pipe. You’ve got the pipe with the flared ends, you just need to copy the bends that go under the arches and behind the suspension springs etc. You can cut the originals out and copy these, you just need a cheap bender (@Mackers) and you’ll do well. It really isn’t difficult, I did it not long ago for the first time and it was a very easy job to do!
 
Copper lines and the copper alloy variants are a piece of p!ss to bend and shape and you will need to do some bending to get them into place. The original steel pipes would have been fitted at the factory before the engine bay got filled with other gubbins. You will not find a pre-formed pipe that doesn’t need bending into place. Don’t worry too much about trying to find a braided flexible line, it’s not necessary and may not last like a solid metal pipe. You’ve got the pipe with the flared ends, you just need to copy the bends that go under the arches and behind the suspension springs etc. You can cut the originals out and copy these, you just need a cheap bender (@Mackers) and you’ll do well. It really isn’t difficult, I did it not long ago for the first time and it was a very easy job to do!
 
Thanks. I’ll give it a go and report back!
I was thinking like you before a very Landy-minded neighbour of mine showed me how easy it was. I thought the pipes were going to be difficult because of the important role they play, I was really hoping someone was going to do it for me. But, when I saw how easy it was, I cracked on with it and it was one of the easiest jobs I’ve done on the old girl. The flares and fittings (they are weird imperial jobs) are the ‘difficult’ part, the pipe you have has had these done. Honestly, don’t worry about it. I do recommend a cheap pipe former/bender, for doing the right angles though, but even then they can be done on a bench.
 
I ended up buying a flexible braided cable from BrakeQuip. Great service, fitted today. All sorted. Anyone need a 2m Land Rover OEM flexible brakeline?Thanks all.
 
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