97 Bonneville Rear Brake Line with different flares at ends
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 1:19 am
I removed a leaking (rotted) rear brake line for my right rear wheel. It is about 40 inches long, and 3/16" steel brake line with a M10x1.0 male connector at each end, but the flared ends are different.
One end has a long narrow connector with 3/8-24 UNF (SAE) thread with inverted flare (also known as a double flare or SAE flare) that was screwed into a female-to-female adapter near the center of my car.
The other end has a short connector with M10x1.0 thread with bubble flare that was screwed into the end of the short brake hose for my right rear wheel.
Ideally, I'd like a 40" 3/16" steel brake line with an M10x1.0 Male ISO Bubble Flare connector at one end (to connect to the brake hose for my right rear wheel), and a 3/8-24 UNF (SAE) thread with inverted flare at the other end (to connect to an adapter near the center of my car). Maybe the 3/8-24 UNF connector with inverted flare was the wrong one originally, I dunno. I've read that for 97 GM cars, all the connectors were M10-1.0 bubble type.
Yeah, I know it sounds weird having both ISO (European) and SAE (USA) flared connectors in the braking system, but I think it may have been common for 90's GM models that had mixed metric and Imperial nuts&bolts too.
I would appreciate any recommendations on where to buy a finished steel brake line plus an adapter or two if needed.
One end has a long narrow connector with 3/8-24 UNF (SAE) thread with inverted flare (also known as a double flare or SAE flare) that was screwed into a female-to-female adapter near the center of my car.
The other end has a short connector with M10x1.0 thread with bubble flare that was screwed into the end of the short brake hose for my right rear wheel.
Ideally, I'd like a 40" 3/16" steel brake line with an M10x1.0 Male ISO Bubble Flare connector at one end (to connect to the brake hose for my right rear wheel), and a 3/8-24 UNF (SAE) thread with inverted flare at the other end (to connect to an adapter near the center of my car). Maybe the 3/8-24 UNF connector with inverted flare was the wrong one originally, I dunno. I've read that for 97 GM cars, all the connectors were M10-1.0 bubble type.
Yeah, I know it sounds weird having both ISO (European) and SAE (USA) flared connectors in the braking system, but I think it may have been common for 90's GM models that had mixed metric and Imperial nuts&bolts too.
I would appreciate any recommendations on where to buy a finished steel brake line plus an adapter or two if needed.