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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Portsmouth, VA
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Earl's SS Brake Lines
I'm looking for SS brake lines, but can't seem to find anyone selling the all-popular Earl's.
What supplier do you guys go through? Also, what about the Russell brand of hoses/lines? Ben |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Jacksonville, FL USA
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Re: Earl's SS Brake Lines
Ben, It's been a long time but I thought I bought mine from Jegs.com. They are not listed under ZR-1, but rather I found them by looking up s/s lines for a standard C4.
I am reasonably sure that DRM also has them in their C4 Brakes Section.  Tom http://dougrippie.com/?cat=21 this is for DRM.
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Re: Earl's SS Brake Lines
Appreciate it Tom!
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Re: Earl's SS Brake Lines
I bought Russell lines the last time from Summit. And yes they were LT-1 lines that will fit and work.
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Re: Earl's SS Brake Lines
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Just in case you do not buy the ones from Summit or Jegs and get the ones from DRM.....I just remembered this  ..... I had to buy shorter bolts from Jegs to make the connection. The stock banjo bolts are too long to use with the Goodrich(?) lines that DRM has.
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Re: Earl's SS Brake Lines
Ben
I'm in the market myself. Amazon has both Earl's and Russel lines - with free shipping I believe. |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Portsmouth, VA
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Re: Earl's SS Brake Lines
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: San Antonio area
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Re: Earl's SS Brake Lines
Foggy memory from 15 years ago - I got a good set from DRM after returning a set to MAD which I couldn't get to seal at the caliper(s). The MAD ones were Russells.
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02-23-2011
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Re: Earl's SS Brake Lines
I was always skeptical, but I was able to successfully bleed a set of new calipers with a mity-vac siphon cup set-up that you get with the hand pump. never used it in 15 years, but it can work.
I didn't trust it so I had a friend come over anyways and work the master cylinder by foot just to be sure, but no air came out. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Jacksonville, FL USA
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Re: Earl's SS Brake Lines
Sorry guys for not being more specific about the sealant, MY BAD!
This is just what I experienced. Remember my usage reports are skewed by the fact that I am homeless and rent garage space for my Z in a Co-Op apartment building. I have a cheek by jowl parking space complete with spectators, and there were rules against working on your car! That's why they call me "Capt. Midnite"  I found that after the fourth bleed I was loosing the good seal from the sealant that came on the threads. They even say that in the instructions, if I remember right. Tiny bubbles that in bad light you would miss. I tried using my mity-vac but I could never get the OEM bleeders at just the right spot to not get leakage from the threads. That is the reason I bought the speed bleeders. The net is that yes if you are going to use the speedbleeders a lot you should buy the sealer and watch for the signs saying it's time to reapply. IMHO, a perfect tool short of a pressure bleeder, would be to use OEM bleeders, add the sealant from S/Bleeder.com, and use a Phoenix Tool and do a reverse bleed. This applies only if you work alone which is my situation. The S/Bleeders seemed like the perfect answer for me. The only snag is that the sealant can't last forever. I just didn't think that far before buying. No regrets about the parts. I just didn't think it thru based upon my usage! Tom
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