Corrosion has destroyed my brake lines Options

[Tech9ine]

alright, so I'm in a pickle. It seems my brake lines (the hard lines on the bottom of the chassis, not the rubber hoses) have rusted through and are leaking brake fluid all over the damn place. This sucks because i did not budget for this. And because my car has no pressure in the lines now and effectively has no braking power. I need to fix this ASAP, the search ii did only yeilded results for replacing the rubber hoses, i need the whole prebent tubing, preferably in braided stainless steel to preevnt this from happening again. Where is the cheapest i can get this? and whats the price difference between an oem steel replacement and the stainless steel. I'm having a tough time finding this out on my own. Thanks.

-Shawn

This post has been edited by Tech9ine: May 30, 2006 - 2:58 PM

[Tech9ine]

first, get the plastic off and check the lines, make sure it is one or both.

you would only need about 8" of new line for each one, the fittings, also you need to cut the old lines clean (small pipe cutter) and you need to flare the old lines with the fittings on them. Then put them together tight and bleed the rears. Just don't snap the bleeders off, if you do, then you are screwed.

a how-to flare a brake line
http://robrobinette.com/flare_brake_line.htm

So your saying chop out the part that is rusted through and replace just an 8 inch section, where its leaking? I'm not sure if thats possible, I've got 6 lines underneath, and two are leaking break fluid. I took the plastic off and the entire line has rust and corrosion all over it from the front of the car to where it connnects to the rubber hoses, if i try to cut it anywhere, it might just crumble to dust, its in rough shape.

This post has been edited by Tech9ine: May 30, 2006 - 9:18 PM