98 TJ Brake Lines....

Hi,
I need to replace my brake lines on my 98 TJ due to heavy rust. Has anyone
done this? Not sure if the nuts on the valve below the master cylinder are
metric or sae. I'd like to get this done without hitching a ride to the
parts store to match up brake line nuts or hunt for adapters. Thanks.

I can't imagine the rust you must have to require replacement of the brake
pipes.




"Tim" <Tim (AT) no-email (DOT) com> wrote

Hi,
I need to replace my brake lines on my 98 TJ due to heavy rust. Has anyone
done this? Not sure if the nuts on the valve below the master cylinder are
metric or sae. I'd like to get this done without hitching a ride to the
parts store to match up brake line nuts or hunt for adapters. Thanks.

I can't imagine the rust you must have to require replacement of the brake
pipes.
They are unbelievably bad. Very heavy road salt here in New York. Not just

surface rust, these things are flaking and very pitted along most of their
lengths. The line to the rear actually broke already. I was in a bind and
out of town and had to pay a shop. I didn't think at that time to ask if the
fittings were metric or SAE. I'll guess I'll just have to remove them and
bring them to the parts store to size them up. I hate starting a job like
that without having the parts in hand though.

When I got my CJ7 it was just over 10 years old and the rust on the body
alone was terminal, let alone the brake lines. There was no metal
structure left at all to repair to. It already had new body skins, but
there was literally no metal left under it, only fiberglass and tar.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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Jeff Strickland wrote:

I can't imagine the rust you must have to require replacement of the
brake pipes.




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Hi,
I need to replace my brake lines on my 98 TJ due to heavy rust. Has
anyone done this? Not sure if the nuts on the valve below the master
cylinder are metric or sae. I'd like to get this done without hitching
a ride to the parts store to match up brake line nuts or hunt for
adapters. Thanks.

Jeff Strickland wrote:

I can't imagine the rust you must have to require replacement of the
brake pipes.

I need to replace both fenders and the amount of rust underneath is incredible.
The gas tank skid plate has large holes in it!

-Scott, original '97 TJ (12-20-1996)

"Scott in Baltimore" <sDcOoNtTtS_PuAnMiMtE_69 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Jeff Strickland wrote:
I can't imagine the rust you must have to require replacement of the
brake pipes.

I need to replace both fenders and the amount of rust underneath is
incredible.
The gas tank skid plate has large holes in it!

I've got plenty of rust on my '81 CJ5, but the brake lines are solid. Here
in sunny Southern California, I guess I'm protected from the problems the
rest of you guys have to deal with.

"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote

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Jeff Strickland wrote:
I can't imagine the rust you must have to require replacement of the
brake pipes.

I need to replace both fenders and the amount of rust underneath is
incredible.
The gas tank skid plate has large holes in it!



I've got plenty of rust on my '81 CJ5, but the brake lines are solid. Here
in sunny Southern California, I guess I'm protected from the problems the
rest of you guys have to deal with.


In Massachusetts they used to put calcium chloride on the roads. Now they

use more "environmentally friendly" stuff like sodium chloride or magnesium
chloride. I have seen them put it on so thick that even the tree hugger
friendly stuff would kill all roadside vegetation. Here in Silverton we
can't even afford sand so we drive on packed snow.

Anyway, in Massachusetts where I grew up fifteen years is all you could
expect from a set of brake lines, and God help you if you thought the
fittings would just unscrew with a wrench.

Cheers,

Earle