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brake line fittings?

brake line fittings?
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I know a few of you guys have switched out your proportioning valves so I have a question. I have 3/16 hard line for my rear brakes. My new proportioning valve has a 9/16-18 female 1/4 tube fitting coming off of it. Well my brake line is 3/16 so it's not going to fit the proportioning valve. I have been looking for a reduce to go from 9/16-18 male for 1/4 tube to any size 3/16 tube and there is NOTHING! what did you guys do?
 
I am pretty sure the adapter you are looking for is pretty standard. You might try a brake shop for what you are looking for. When I purchased a Crown replacement prop valve that adapter came with it.
 
I got mine from Oreillys, they were in the back with other "fittings" and no one had any idea what they were or that they were even there. And of course absolutely nothing was in the drawer it was supposed to be in. look back where they keep the pre made hard brake lines.

Don't think for a minute that this is a standard thread for anything but a brake line. finding brake line adapters for the brake light pressure switch was very possibly the most frustrating thing I have had to do on my Jeep. This was kind of free style but I was not able to double flair brake line yet so I had to get a little creative.

ended up looking like this.:cool:
I do wish you the best of luck.:chug:
 
Well I went to the auto parts store and had to make this mess up. I really didn't want to do it like this but I really have no other choice. I had to use two adapters to get the 1/4 outlet down to a 3/16 line. They all fit nice and snug I just hope there is no leaks!
 
ya did good!!:D
 
hi can anyone help me i need two fittings to reduce down from 9/16 18 tpi 1/4 bore down to 7/16 24tpi 3/16 bore like in the posts above for my new combination valve - trouble is these are very hard to find in the uk - its all metric here! - can anyone help me with such parts available to order mail order, some links or contacts would be greatly appreciated as im finding all this very confusing over the web to see if im ordering the correct type and fit. thanks all
 
Hi Dave , many thanks for the info, but are there any adaptors out there that i could use so not to have to re flare the pipe? if not could you recommend a correct flaring tool for the CJ7 fittings?
 
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