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Old Oct 22, 2017 | 07:26 PM
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Default Brake proportioning fittings

I have a 2000 Buick Regal supercharged with 4 with disc/abs. and just purchased a brake line kit from classic tube. problem is the rear lines on the car have a proportioning fitting at each rear wheel. The brake line kit sent looks like it eliminates this fitting. It is about 3 inches long and the new lines will not fit into it. Sent a message to classic tube today and will talk to them about it. Has anyone else eliminated this fitting and had good results.
 
Old Oct 23, 2017 | 05:55 AM
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No never, tough question. The proportion fittings must be restrictors/reduction fittings or perhaps a slow release sort of check valve assy.? To restructure brake fitting ends you must use a pipe cutter and a folded flair is required. A special flair tool is used and it took me several tries last time I did this to get it right.

So you may have A down sized or larger different threaded connection I'd imagine. Perhaps metric or standard vice-verse? Maybe the company has adapters (being Classic Tube)? But with brake lines you need to be pretty much exact due to the tremendous PSI involved (reason for double flair).
 

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